Magic mushrooms found to heal depression and PTSD in breakthrough study
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dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Magic mushrooms can tackle symptoms of depression, according to new research.Scientists at the Yale School of Medicine have been studying the psychedelic compound psilocybin which is produced by a species of fungi.When psilocybin is administered to mice, their neuron size and density in the frontal cortex of the brain increases by around 10%, the study found.Postdoctoral associate Lingxiao Shao and associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience Alex Kwan explained in the journal Neuron that this "structural remodelling" made long-lasting changes in the brain.Kwan said: "Psilocybin is fascinating because it has an incredibly short half-life, which means that it gets out of the body.
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