Kwan AC

Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: alex.kwan@cornell.edu.

17 papers · 12 preprints · ORCID

ArticlePsychedelics

Serotonin biology as a basis for explaining psychedelic drug action.

Knox CA, Li-Wu A, Kwan AC

Europe PMC2026
PreprintPsilocybin

Psychedelic drug action at dendrites is gated by behavioral state and serotonin receptors

Savalia NK, Shao L, Knox CA +3

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

α<sub>2</sub>-Adrenergic receptor modulates 5-HT<sub>2A</sub>-mediated behavioral effects of MDMA and psilocybin in mice.

Rosado AF, Yu AL, Yang JH +13

Europe PMC2026
PreprintPsilocybin

Structural plasticity and enhanced fear extinction following psilocybin in chronically stressed mice

Knox CA, Woodburn SC, Gilbert AD +2

Europe PMC2026
PreprintPsilocybin

Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment

Davoudian PA, Jiang Q, Knox CA +9

Europe PMC2026
PreprintPsilocybin

Enhancing cGMP signaling with psilocybin reduces head twitch and restructures the synaptic proteome while maintaining antidepressant response

Floris G, Jefferson SJ, Rondeau J +7

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsilocybin

Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks.

Jiang Q, Shao LX, Yao S +10

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsychedelics

Psychedelic studies in nonhuman primates: Past and future.

Masthay JC, Kwan AC, Chang SWC

Europe PMC2026
ArticlePsychedelics

The ABCs of psychedelics: a preclinical roadmap for drug discovery.

Kwan AC, Mantsch JR, McCorvy JD

Europe PMC2025
PreprintPsilocybin

Psilocybin triggers an activity-dependent rewiring of large-scale cortical networks

Jiang Q, Shao L, Yao S +10

Europe PMC2025
PreprintPsilocybin

Psilocybin Prolongs the Neurovascular Coupling Response in Mouse Visual Cortex

Zirkel RT, Isaacson M, Liao C +7

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

Psilocybin's lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT<sub>2A</sub> receptors.

Shao LX, Liao C, Davoudian PA +11

Europe PMC2025
ArticlePsilocybin

Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression.

Aboharb F, Davoudian PA, Shao LX +9

Europe PMC2025
PreprintPsilocybin

Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals cell type-specific and time-dependent effects of psilocybin and ketamine on gene expression

Liao C, O’Farrell E, Weiner AM +5

Europe PMC2025
ArticleKetamine

Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions.

Liao C, Dua AN, Wojtasiewicz C +2

Europe PMC2025
PreprintPsilocybin

Pyramidal cell types and 5-HT <sub>2A</sub> receptors are essential for psilocybin’s lasting drug action

Shao L, Liao C, Davoudian PA +11

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsychedelics

Ventral hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons gate the acute anxiolytic action of the serotonergic psychedelic DOI.

Tiwari P, Davoudian PA, Kapri D +13

Europe PMC2024
ArticlePsilocybin

Psilocybin Facilitates Fear Extinction: Importance of Dose, Context, and Serotonin Receptors.

Woodburn SC, Levitt CM, Koester AM +1

Europe PMC2024
PreprintPsilocybin

Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression

Aboharb F, Davoudian PA, Shao L +9

Europe PMC2024
PreprintPsilocybin

Psilocybin facilitates fear extinction: importance of dose, context, and serotonin receptors

Woodburn SC, Levitt CM, Koester AM +1

Europe PMC2024
ArticleDMT

5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in mice.

Jefferson SJ, Gregg I, Dibbs M +10

Europe PMC2023
ArticlePsilocybin

Shared and Distinct Brain Regions Targeted for Immediate Early Gene Expression by Ketamine and Psilocybin.

Davoudian PA, Shao LX, Kwan AC

Europe PMC2023
PreprintDMT

5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in mice

Jefferson SJ, Gregg I, Dibbs M +8

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsychedelics

Psychedelics and Neural Plasticity: Therapeutic Implications.

Grieco SF, Castrén E, Knudsen GM +5

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsychedelics

The neural basis of psychedelic action.

Kwan AC, Olson DE, Preller KH +1

Europe PMC2022
PreprintPsilocybin

Shared and distinct brain regions targeted for immediate early gene expression by ketamine and psilocybin

Davoudian PA, Shao L, Kwan AC

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsychedelics

Psychedelics.

Kelmendi B, Kaye AP, Pittenger C +1

Europe PMC2022
ArticlePsilocybin

Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo.

Shao LX, Liao C, Gregg I +4

Europe PMC2021
ArticleKetamine

A Dendrite-Focused Framework for Understanding the Actions of Ketamine and Psychedelics.

Savalia NK, Shao LX, Kwan AC

Europe PMC2021