How to create psychedelics’ benefits without the ‘trip’

Stimulating certain brain cells in mice seems to ease anxiety without causing hallucination-like effects.

Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X A mouse prefrontal cortex, with neurons activated by a psychedelic drug in green and those marked by a molecular tag in purple. Credit: Christina Kim, UC Davis Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Targeting just the right neurons could make it possible to reap the anti-anxiety benefits of psychedelics without the intense experience of ‘tripping’ 1 . Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any tim

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