The Heifets Laboratory
Welcome to the Heifets Lab
Our research group is dedicated to understanding and improving on powerful, rapid-acting therapies for psychiatric disease, such as ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin. We bridge basic science and clinical trials, connecting neuroscience, psychiatry and anesthesiology in pursuit of highly effective, safe treatment strategies scalable to the millions of patients who need them.
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Mega analysis of psychedelic fMRI studies: via @NatGeo @MGirnNeuro
Here's what psychedelics actually do to the brain
Scientists looked at a wide range of brain scans to determine how consciousness gets so trippy on mind-altering drugs.
www.nationalgeographic.com
Report from the field: After an extended visit immersed in the scene, Dr. Jamarie Geller- University of Michigan psychiatry faculty and Michigan Psychedelic Center member- shares her observations on legal psychedelic therapy in Australia. https://maps.org/news/bulletin/festina-lente-australia-psychedelic-therapy/
✨New Paper✨"Regional Blood Flow Signatures of Opioidergic Modulation of Ketamine in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Crossover Study" | American Journal of Psychiatry
Regional Blood Flow Signatures of Opioidergic Modulation of Ketamine in Major Depressive Disorder:...
Objective:Accumulating evidence suggests that the opioid system may modulate ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects. The ...
psychiatryonline.org
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🚨 NEW: Ibogaine is associated with reorganization of high-beta brain networks in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
link to pre-print: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.20.713241v1
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Venturing outside my comfort zone tomorrow and speaking alongside Dr George Fitchett DMin PhD at the Science on Spiritual Health Symposium in Atlanta. I've long considered science and faith to be fundamentally different endeavors... the lines are blurring lately!
A more visual summary of our recent paper and why the 'know-cebo' effect matters
Really terrific work here. There is definitively the “moment of betrayal” when the participant is randomized to placebo. @TheBorisLab We need a new methodology for studying these consciousness altering drugs, especially in this environment of tremendous hope and hype.
🚨MAJOR NEW PAPER 🚨 just out in @JAMAPsych : Psychedelic Therapy vs Antidepressants for the Treatment of Depression Under Equal Unblinding Conditions (https://tinyurl.com/yu2rbtaf).
I am very proud of this one, was a lot of work for me - both co-first and last author! Eternal
