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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2025

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

Alex C Kwan, John R Mantsch, John D McCorvy

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Psychedelics produce enduring enhancement of reward responsiveness in male rats.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  5. Discovery of Highly Selective 5-HTJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alex C KwanMeinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. Electronic address: alex.kwan@cornell.edu.
John R MantschDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: jomantsch@mcw.edu.
John D McCorvyDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: jmccorvy@mcw.edu.

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of G protein-coupled Receptor Biased SignalingR35GM133421 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI John D McCorvy · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
Cellular basis of psilocybin actions in frontal cortexR01MH128217 · NIMH · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CHUN-HAY ALEX KWAN · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
A Dendritic Substrate for Fast-Acting Antidepressant ActionR01MH121848 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KWAN, CHUN-HAY ALEX · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Mechanisms underlying the influence of stress on drug-seeking behaviorR01DA059194 · NIDA · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Cecilia J Hillard, John R Mantsch · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Structure-based Design of Selective Serotonin Biased Agonists as Chemical Probes for Psychedelic PotentialR01MH133849 · NIMH · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI John D McCorvy · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
Role of cortical GABAergic interneurons in psychedelic drug actionR01MH137047 · NIMH · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CHUN-HAY ALEX KWAN · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Estrogen regulation of the prefrontal cortex and drug seekingR01DA052169 · NIDA · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI HEARING, MATTHEW CARL, MANTSCH, JOHN R. · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Investigations into 5-HT2A signaling mechanisms of psychedelic drugs for the treatment of stimulant use disorderR01DA061433 · NIDA · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI ADAM L. Halberstadt, John D McCorvy · 2024 to 2026
$1.5M
Chronic stress-induced REDD1 expression in prefrontal cortex and cognitive inflexibilityR01MH136708 · NIMH · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Matthew Carl Hearing, John R Mantsch · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing interest in developing psychedelic-inspired drugs for treating psychiatric disorders. However, identifying next-generation psychedelic analogs with ideal receptor selectivity and true therapeutic efficacy remains a major challenge. Recent progress has been driven by advances in determining agonist-induced biased signal transduction, high-content behavioral phenotyping via automated video analysis, drug-evoked structural neural remodeling, and activity-dependent gene expression. In this review, we outline a framework for evaluating psychedelics and non-hallucinogenic serotonin 2A (5-HT

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryHallucinogensSerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor AgonistsAnimalsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2AHallucinogensReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2ASerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonistsbiased agonistG protein-coupled receptorneural plasticitypartial agonistscreeningserotonin

Identifiers

PMID40877079
PMCPMC12404667

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