Natural psychedelics in the treatment of depression; a review focusing on neurotransmitters

EN عنوان مقالهNatural psychedelics in the treatment of depression; a review focusing on neurotransmitters
نویسندگانSamane Jahanabadi, Shayan Amiri, Mehdi Karkeh-Abadi, Ali Razmi
نشریهElsevier
نوع مقالهFull Paper
تاریخ انتشارSeptember 2023
رتبه نشریهISI
نوع نشریهچاپی
کشور محل چاپهلند

چکیده مقاله

Natural psychedelic compounds are emerging as potential novel therapeutics in psychiatry. This review will discuss how natural psychedelics exert their neurobiological therapeutic effects, and how different neurotransmission systems mediate the effects of these compounds. Further, current therapeutic strategies for depression, and novel mechanism of action of natural psychedelics in the treatment of depression will be discussed. In this review, our focus will be on NN-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), reversible type A monoamine oxidase inhibitors, mescaline-containing cacti, psilocybin/psilocin-containing mushrooms, ibogainemuscimol extracted from Amanita spp. mushrooms and ibotenic acid.