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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Thrilled to share our new paper in @Nature - "Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia." A wonderful team effort with @_fxia, @VFascianelli and @StefanoFusi2. Check out the thread below.
Could one envision a synthetic receptor technology that is fully programmable, able to detect diverse extracellular antigens – both soluble and cell-attached – and convert that recognition into a wide range of intracellular responses, from transgene expression and real-time…
Enjoy navigating layers of institutional and governmental bureaucracy over years? Are your masochistic needs unfulfilled by the tedium of routine undertakings in academic medicine?You should build a psychedelic research program! Here’s your guide, including DEA and FDA specifics:
Dopamine and serotonin work together in opposite ways, like the accelerator and the brakes on a car, to help the brain learn from rewards, according to new Wu Tsai Neuro-funded research by Rob Malenka and Daniel Cardozo Pinto (@dcardozopinto).
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I agree, #neuroscience has officially moved.
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Happy to be part of this work- fresh out today in: @CMedicin83365 https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/abstract/9900/advancing_delirium_treatment_trials_in_older.412.aspx @devlinpharmd @EstherOh_MDPhD @NIDUS_Delirium @sharon_inouye @A_MacLullich @LisEvered
Ketamine, opioids, and the power of placebo—what do they reveal about mental health treatment?
In today's podcast, Boris Heifets @TheBorisLab and Theresa Lii discuss how ketamine interacts with the brain’s opioid system and the role of hope in healing. https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/power-psychedelics-meets-power-placebo
The most insane back to back points of all time?
When Rafael Nadal did this in the 2011 #DavisCup Final against Juan Monaco 🤯
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Vamos, @RafaelNadal!
As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.
Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I…