Effects of Psilocybe argentipes on marble-burying behavior in mice

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009 Aug;73(8):1866-8. doi: 10.1271/bbb.90095. Epub 2009 Aug 7.

Abstract

Psilocybe argentipes is a hallucinogenic mushroom. The present study examined the effects of P. argentipes on marble-burying behavior, which is considered an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder. P. argentipes significantly inhibited marble-burying behavior without affecting locomotor activity as compared with the same dose of authentic psilocybin. These findings suggest that P. argentipes would be efficient in clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder therapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antipsychotic Agents / pharmacology
  • Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
  • Calcium Carbonate*
  • Fluvoxamine / pharmacology
  • Hallucinogens / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • Psilocybe*
  • Tryptophan / analogs & derivatives
  • Tryptophan / chemistry
  • Tryptophan / metabolism

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Hallucinogens
  • Tryptophan
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Fluvoxamine