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Clara Liao

@claraliao.bsky.social

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Neuroscience PhD candidate @ Yale Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program claraliao.com

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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Our latest study identifies a specific cell type and receptor essential for psilocybin’s long-lasting neural and behavioral effects 🍄🔬🧠🧪 Led by Ling-Xiao Shao and @ItsClaraLiao Funded by @NIH @NIMHgov 📄 Read in @nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/12

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Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors - Nature

A pyramidal cell type and the 5-HT2A receptor in the medial frontal cortex have essential roles in psilocybin’s long-term drug action.

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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Our latest work led by @claraliao.bsky.social is a collaboration with the other Kwan lab @kwanlab.bsky.social We used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to measure transcriptional responses in the mouse medial frontal cortex following a single dose of psilocybin. 🍄 🧠 🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

There are many nuances regarding the structural neural plasticity associated with antidepressant drugs. 💊🧠 We share our thoughts here in a Nature Reviews Neuroscience article, led by Clara Liao with co-authors from Conor Liston’s lab at Weill Cornell. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Review article on neural plasticity and antidepressant interventions

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