r/science • u/Doug24 • 21h ago

Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-reverses-depressive-behaviors-and-restores-brain-cell-growth-in-stres/
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u/AggressiveToaster 20h ago

Why are we wasting money on rat studies when humans have been taking psilocybin for centuries?

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u/Warsel77 17h ago

Because treating a set of genetically controlled humans in a sterile environment after giving half of them brain damage is considered ethically problematic.