Researchers have uncovered two key brain mechanisms—specific neurons and a serotonin receptor—that help explain how ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression.

So it makes sense that the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain, is full of pyramidal neurons. Pyramidal neurons also make up the pyramidal tract. This pathway is responsible for carrying ...

Joris de Wit (VIB-KU Leuven) and colleagues highlights the differences between two types of these brain cells—intratelencephalic (IT) neurons and pyramidal tract (PT) neurons—and how these ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also ...

Cornell researchers have pinpointed the specific brain cells and receptor responsible for psilocybin’s powerful and lasting antidepressant effects—shedding new light on how the psychedelic compound ...

Using a whole-brain fluorescence imaging technique developed at Janelia, scientists captured axons of pyramidal tract neurons leaving the motor cortex. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Targeting the pyramidal tract neurons and their specific serotonin ... connections are grown in the different cell types in the brain,” said Kwan. “We started playing around with these cell ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating ...