A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed look at how the psychedelic drug psilocybin facilitates the ...

Past work from Cornell professor Alex Kwan and his team showed that psilocybin can increase the brain’s structural plasticity ...

An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map ...

By combining psilocybin with a modified rabies virus that tracks neural connections, they mapped how networks change after a ...

A single dose of the psychedelic compound psilocybin could be enough to remodel connections of specific brain networks, which may explain how the drug helps to treat some mental health conditions.

Magic mushrooms, fungi with psilocybin, have long been prized across various cultures for their hallucinogenic properties. More recently, their potential to treat intractable conditions like ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A first-of-its-kind experiment conducted in Portland found that psilocybin can reverse the effects of traumatic brain injuries, according to researchers. MMA fighters from ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called "magic mushrooms" their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression. Now, Cornell University researchers ...

A cancer diagnosis can be a terrifying thing. Medical bills, loss of loved ones, and the fear of death can overwhelm people with cancer, and may even diminish their chances of survival. But a new ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — On a quiet plot of land in rural New Mexico, Jeff Deming feels like he’s really living, once again. “Mentally, it’s day and night,” he said. He’s able to do the things that make ...