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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

A Brief Review on the Potential of Psychedelics for Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Related Depression.

Alexander Pilozzi, Simmie Foster, David Mischoulon, Maurizio Fava, Xudong Huang

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander PilozziNeurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Simmie FosterNeurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1703-4181
David MischoulonDepression Clinical & Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7233-5860
Maurizio FavaDepression Clinical & Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Xudong HuangNeurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4811-1901
Harvard University · US

Funding

Nanoneurotoxicity of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials and NeurodegenerationR01AG056614 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HUANG, XUDONG · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
Peripheral Neuroimmune Mechanisms of HyperthermiaK23GM129630 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FOSTER, SIMMIE · 2019 to 2022
$785k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056614NIGMS NIH HHS K23 GM129630NIH HHS R01AG056614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of senile dementia, is poised to place an even greater societal and healthcare burden as the population ages. With few treatment options for the symptomatic relief of the disease and its unknown etiopathology, more research into AD is urgently needed. Psychedelic drugs target AD-related psychological pathology and symptoms such as depression. Using microdosing, psychedelic drugs may prove to help combat this devastating disease by eliciting psychiatric benefits via acting through various mechanisms of action such as serotonin and dopamine pathways. Herein, we review the studied benefits of a few psychedelic compounds that may show promise in treating AD and attenuating its related depressive symptoms. We used the listed keywords to search through PubMed for relevant preclinical, clinical research, and review articles. The putative mechanism of action (MOA) for psychedelics is that they act mainly as serotonin receptor agonists and induce potential beneficial effects for treating AD and related depression.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseHallucinogensDepressionHumansLysergic Acid DiethylamideSerotoninHallucinogensLysergic Acid DiethylamideSerotoninAlzheimer’s diseasedementiadepressionDMTketamineLSDmescalinepsilocybinpsychedelics

Identifiers

PMID37569888
PMCPMC10419627
OpenAlexW4385636083

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