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Trial reportNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2026

CSF galanin and noradrenaline downregulation by psilocybin therapy in major depressive disorder.

Wojciech Paslawski, Daniel Doyon, Carl Johan Ekman, Hampus Yngwe, Dejan Mamula, Justyna Zareba-Paslawska, Maria Beckman, Zhi-Qing David Xu, Tomas Hökfelt, Mikael Tiger and 2 more

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Trial report in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Wojciech PaslawskiTranslational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2141-4547
Daniel DoyonTranslational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Carl Johan EkmanCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Hampus YngweCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dejan MamulaTranslational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Justyna Zareba-PaslawskaTranslational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria BeckmanCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zhi-Qing David XuDepartments of Neurobiology and Pathology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-7559
Tomas HökfeltDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mikael TigerCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-8125
Johan Lundberg *Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4298-3936
Per Svenningsson *Translational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. per.svenningsson@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6727-3802

Funding

Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2024-02542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psilocybin is a rapid-acting antidepressant, but its mechanism of action in major depressive disorder remains unclear. In this secondary analysis of randomized, placebo-controlled trial with multimodal CSF and blood biomarker measurements, psilocybin selectively reduced CSF galanin and noradrenaline, implicating that normalization of these co-transmitters is a key pharmacodynamic signature.

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GalaninMajor Depressive DisorderNorepinephrinePsilocybinDouble-Blind MethodDown-RegulationFemaleHumansMaleGalaninNorepinephrinePsilocybin

Identifiers

PMID42414566
PMCPMC13487249

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