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psychoplastogens

psychoplastogens is the plural of psychoplastogen.

Meaning of psychoplastogen

Noun

psychoplastogen (plural psychoplastogens)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    neuroplastogen

Questions about psychoplastogens

What is psychoplastogens the plural of?
Psychoplastogens is the plural of psychoplastogen.

Words near psychoplastogens in the dictionary

  1. psychophysiologists
  2. psychophysiology
  3. psychoplasm
  4. psychoplasticity
  5. psychoplastogen
  6. psychoplastogens
  7. psychopolitical
  8. psychopolitics
  9. psychopomp
  10. psychopompoi
  11. psychopompos

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