MINI REVIEW article

Front. Dement.

Sec. Translational Research in Dementia

Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frdem.2025.1605051

This article is part of the Research TopicStudying Dementia in 3D: Basic Techniques and ApplicationsView all articles

Psychedelics Meet Human Brain Organoids: Insights into Proteomics and Potential for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment

Provisionally accepted
  • School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a long preclinical phase lasting more than a decade before the onset of its clinical phase of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia. Recent advances in psychedelic research underscore numerous neuroplastogenic and anti-inflammatory alterations induced by these compounds, making them promising therapeutic candidates for AD. In this mini-review, we will briefly summarize the existing literature using human cerebral organoids to study the molecular and metabolic changes caused by various psychedelic compounds, focusing on their potential therapeutic applications for AD.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease (AD), brain organoids, psychedelics, Stem Cells, neuroplasticity

Received: 02 Apr 2025; Accepted: 01 Jul 2025.

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* Correspondence: Vasiliki Machairaki, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States

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