The hallucinogenic mushroom psilocybe argentipes reduces their obsessive-compulsive marble-burying behavior of mice. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Abstract Title:
Effects of Psilocybe argentipes on marble-burying behavior in mice.
Abstract Source:
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009 Aug;73(8):1866-8. Epub 2009 Aug 7. PMID: 19661714
Article Affiliation:
Department of Health and Nutrition, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Gunma, Japan.
Abstract:
Psilocybe argentipes is a hallucinogenic mushroom. The present study examined the effects of P. argentipes on marble-burying behavior, which is considered an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder. P. argentipes significantly inhibited marble-burying behavior without affecting locomotor activity as compared with the same dose of authentic psilocybin. These findings suggest that P. argentipes would be efficient in clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder therapy.
Article Published Date : Aug 01, 2009
Study Type : Animal Study
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Substances : Psilocybe argentipes : CK(2) : AC(1)
Diseases : Neurosis: Obsessive-Compulsive : CK(2) : AC(1), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder : CK(336) : AC(54), Scientific Oddities : CK(4) : AC(2)
Additional Keywords : Mad Science : CK(101) : AC(45)
