Lysergic acid diethylamide induces increased signalling entropy in rats' prefrontal cortex.

ABSTRACT: Psychedelic drugs are gaining attention from the scientific community as potential new compounds for the treatment of psychiatric diseases such as mood and substance use disorders. The 5-HT_2A receptor has been identified as the main molecular target, and early studies pointed to an effect on the expression of neuroplasticity genes. Analysing RNA-seq data from the prefrontal cortex of rats chronically treated with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), we describe the psychedelic-induced rewiring of gene co-expression networks, which become less centralised but more complex, with an overall increase in signalling entropy typical of highly plastic systems. Intriguingly, signalling entropy mirrors, at the molecular level, the increased brain entropy reported through neuroimaging studies

SUBMITTER: Savino A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature