Preliminary research with psilocybin has shown its potential therapeutic efficacy as a treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorders. However, we do not know much about the drug’s pharmacological mechanisms and if related tryptamines, like norbaeocystin, could have similar efficacy or better when administered alone. We also were curious as to if norbaeocystin […]
A16-P: Exploring Dr Radke’s Reward and Addiction Lab
This is a project for Seminar in Neuroscience regarding the RAD Lab. The Reward and Addictive Disorder (RAD) Lab is a research lab at Miami University that makes use of mice in order to study compulsive and reward-seeking behavior. More specifically, the RAD Lab seeks to study changes in brain function associated with maladaptive behaviors […]