psychoplastogen
psychoplastogen noun: any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.
Noun
psychoplastogen (plural psychoplastogens)
- Any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.
- Although the molecular targets of classic and dissociative psychedelics differ (5HT and NMDA receptors, respectively), their plasticity promoting properties are similar and are known to activate TrkB, mTOR, and 5HT_(2A) signaling pathways, suggesting that these key signaling hubs may serve as...2018, Tanya Calvey, Fleur M. Howells, “Chapter 1: An Introduction to Psychedelic Neuroscience”, in Tanya Calvey, editor, Psychedelic Neuroscience, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 5
- The fact that LSD, psilocybin, and so forth act as psychoplastogens—agents that increase the plasticity of the mind—is part of what explains their therapeutic effects (Ly et al. 2018, Olson 2018).2021, Chris Letheby, Philosophy of Psychedelics, Oxford University Press, page 148
- Synonyms:
- neuroplastogen
Synonyms of psychoplastogen
Forms of psychoplastogen
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Origin of psychoplastogen
Coined by American neuroscientist David E. Olson in 2018, from psycho- (“mind”) + plasto- (“plastic”) + -gen (“agent of production”), referring to the ability to rapidly promote neuronal changes via mechanisms of neuroplasticity.
Questions about psychoplastogen
- What does psychoplastogen mean?
- Psychoplastogen means any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.
- What part of speech is psychoplastogen?
- Psychoplastogen is a noun.
- What is the plural of psychoplastogen?
- The plural of psychoplastogen is psychoplastogens.
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