00:03you've probably heard the phrase micro dosing at some point or the method of consuming tiny
00:08amounts of hallucinogens to experience their antidepressant or other health benefits but
00:12doing so without experiencing a hallucinogenic trip but now experts say they may have figured
00:17out a way to get rid of the psychedelic effects altogether allowing people to receive the benefits
00:21without any risk of tripping researchers recently discovered that lsd and psilocin found extremely
00:26well to specific neurotrophic receptors better even than some antidepressants and when it binds it also
00:32boosts a particular protein known to aid in brain plasticity meaning it assists in learning in a lab
00:37setting and help mice build new neural pathways allowing them to unlearn fear responses that
00:42were cultivated by researchers revealing why psychedelics have been used to positive effect
00:46in treating ptsd but now the researchers have found a way to block serotonin receptors in the brain
00:51while administering the drugs effectively getting rid of their hallucinogenic properties meaning soon
00:56therapies using higher doses of these drugs could be possible without going on a trip
01:00allowing those with depression or learned fear responses like ptsd to build new neural pathways
01:06and learn to experience the world differently
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