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Acute effects of ayahuasca in a juvenile non-human primate model of depression
Behavioural Brain Research (2019)
Preclinical in vivo
Abstract
Investigated acute antidepressant effects of ayahuasca in juvenile marmosets subjected to social isolation (depression model). Ayahuasca reversed depressive-like behaviors including anhedonia and reduced cortisol levels. First study demonstrating ayahuasca's antidepressant potential in a non-human primate model.
Citations40
Study TypePreclinical in vivo