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ArticleHandbook of experimental pharmacology

Serotonergic Psychedelics: Experimental Approaches for Assessing Mechanisms of Action.

Clinton E Canal

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Article in Handbook of experimental pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
26.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Autism, youth suicide, and psychedelics: A review of the 21st century evidence.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2024
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  3. αMolecular psychiatry · 2026
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  9. The Selective 5HTSynapse (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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  17. Activity ofJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2021
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  18. The Therapeutic Potential of Psilocybin.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  19. Serotonin 2A Receptor (5-HTACS pharmacology & translational science · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clinton E CanalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, USA. canal_ce@mercer.edu.
Mercer University Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Receptor pharmacology and toxicology of second-generation pyrrolidine "bath salt" cathinonesR21DA040907 · NIDA · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CANAL, CLINTON E, MURNANE, KEVIN SEAN · 2016 to 2017
$493k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA040907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent, well-controlled - albeit small-scale - clinical trials show that serotonergic psychedelics, including psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide, possess great promise for treating psychiatric disorders, including treatment-resistant depression. Additionally, fresh results from a deluge of clinical neuroimaging studies are unveiling the dynamic effects of serotonergic psychedelics on functional activity within, and connectivity across, discrete neural systems. These observations have led to testable hypotheses regarding neural processing mechanisms that contribute to psychedelic effects and therapeutic benefits. Despite these advances and a plethora of preclinical and clinical observations supporting a central role for brain serotonin 5-HT

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AnimalsBrainDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHallucinogensHumansLysergic Acid DiethylamideMental DisordersPsilocybinReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2AHallucinogensLysergic Acid DiethylamidePsilocybinReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A5-HT2A5-HT2CCingulate cortexHead-twitchKetanserinPsychedelic mechanismsReceptor bindingReceptor conformationsReceptor dimersReceptor functionSerotoninSignal transductionα-Adrenergic

Identifiers

PMID29532180
PMCPMC6136989
OpenAlexW2789541163

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