Sources for all articles in the series ‘Can microdosing psilocybin treat addiction?’:
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Kinderlehrer, D. A. (2025). Mushrooms, microdosing, and mental illness: The effect of psilocybin on neurotransmitters, neuroinflammation, and neuroplasticity. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 21, 141–155. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S500337 [Accessed September/October 2025]. PubMed
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Polito, V., & Stevenson, R. J. (2019). A systematic study of microdosing psychedelics. PLOS ONE, 14(2), e0211023. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211023 [Accessed September/October 2025]. PubMed
Rootman, J. M., Kryskow, P., Harvey, K., Stamets, P., Santos-Brault, E., Kuypers, K. P. C., Polito, V., Bourzat, F., & Walsh, Z. (2021). Adults who microdose psychedelics report health-related motivations and lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to non-microdosers. Scientific Reports, 11, 22479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01811-4 [Accessed September/October 2025]. PubMed
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Zheng, W., Liu, X., Lu, T., Yuan, K., Li, X., Xue, Y., Yin, Q., Shi, J., Lu, L., Grimm, J.W., & Zou, G. (2025). Effect of natural rewards on substance use disorder: an incentive sensitization perspective. Biological Psychiatry Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.05.026 [Accessed September/October 2025]. PubMed

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