Psilocybin reshapes cortical inhibition through selective interneuron recruitment
Pasha A. Davoudian, Quan Jiang, Cory A. Knox, Neil K. Savalia, Ling-Xiao Shao, Joshua Wilson, A. M. Weiner, Catherine W Chong, Clara Liao, Jack D. Nothnagel, Takeshi Sakurai, Alex C. Kwan
This study shows psilocybin selectively affects GABAergic interneurons in the mouse medial frontal cortex, reducing somatostatin-expressing and increasing parvalbumin-expressing neuron activity.
bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience