r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 08 '25

Neuroscience Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism.

https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20250207_1/index.html
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u/bippityboppityhyeem Feb 09 '25

Where do you even get this?

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u/Raibean Feb 09 '25

Psilocybin is shrooms

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u/bippityboppityhyeem Feb 09 '25

Sorry, I meant how would someone acquire it and know the right dose?

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u/itasteawesome Feb 09 '25

If you want to see actual medical research there is an organization called MAPS that has done a lot of advocacy in this space, and Johns Hopkins has a pretty large psychedelic research clinic. Its still not legal for any Dr to just rock up and prescribe shrooms outside of clinical research trials so you essentially have to DIY or go black market.

On the plus side they are pretty easy to cultivate at home if you go that route, and if you pay attention it's not hard to find psychedelics advocates just out and about in your day to day life. Keep an eye out for any weird hippie types with dichromatic glass jewelry and ask, they almost fall over themselves to connect other people to this stuff.