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Ketamine May Help Treat Migraine Pain Unresponsive to Other Therapies
Study of 61 patients found that almost 75 percent experienced an improvement in their migraine intensity after a three- to seven-day course of inpatient treatment with ketamine.

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Key Psychiatric Drug Target Comes Into Focus
Researchers have determined the crystal structure of a specific dopamine receptor called D4 at an incredibly high resolution which is a major step towards designing improved psychiatric drugs with fewer side effects.

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Ion Channel 3-D Atomic Structure Solved
The 3-D atomic structure of an ion channel found in mammals that is implicated in a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease in humans has been solved,

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Human Minibrains reveal the Effects of Psychedelic Substances
By employing mass spectrometry-based proteomics to analyze cerebral organoids, scientists identified the effects of psychedelic substances in the brain.

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Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a 'reset' of their brain activity.

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Molecule Movements Through Nerve Cells Could Lead to Multi-functional Drugs
The ability to track the movements of single molecules has revealed how proteins on the surface of nerve cells control gates that turn chemical signals into electrical signals. The finding is a step forward in detailing mechanisms involved in neurological disease.

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Do We Need to Reform International Drug Treaties As More Countries Legalize Cannabis?
The future of drug control treaties is in doubt due to recent treaty-violating decisions to legalize cannabis in several countries.

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Enabling Animal-free Large Scale Toxicity Testing
New method enables to screening a large number of chemicals including environmental pollutants, cosmetics, food preservatives and drugs for potential toxicity.

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Uncoordinated Firing of Brain Cells Linked to Schizophrenia in Mice
Researchers at Columbia University have discovered that a small group of neurons fired haphazardly in mice with signs of schizophrenia.

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Hair Testing Shows High Use of Psychoactive Substances
Hair testing with LCMS shows high prevalence of new psychoactive substance use among NYC nightclub and festival attendees
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