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Psilocybin ameliorates neuropathic pain-like behaviour in mice and facilitates the gabapentin-mediated analgesia

Askey T, Allen-Ross D, Lasrado R, Gilmour G, Hunt SiD, Tamagnini F, Ahmed M, Stephens G, Maiarú M

Sep 20, 2024License: open access1 citationsDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5026806/v1

Abstract

<title>Abstract</title> <p>Chronic pain states are challenging to control with current drug therapies. Here, we demonstrate that a single dose of psilocybin can produce a sustained anti-nociceptive effect in a mouse model of chronic neuropathic pain. Beyond this, the single dose of psilocybin caused a dramatic increase in the anti-nociceptive potential of gabapentin, a widely used treatment for neuropathic pain, such data are suggestive of establishment of longer lasting changes in network processing.</p>

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