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Psychedelics excite cells in hippocampus to reduce anxiety

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A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin , was found to activate a cell type in the brain that silences other neighboring neurons.

The findings show the psychedelic DOI ( 2,5 -dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine) lessened anxiety in mice and rats while activating the ventral hippocampus.

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