One Ayahuasca Exposure Reversed Chronic Stress in Zebrafish
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Psychopharmacology found that after 14 days of unpredictable chronic stress, a single 1-hour ayahuasca exposure restored sociability, reduced anxiety-like behavior, normalized cortisol, and rescued whole-brain BDNF in adult zebrafish within 24 hours. Key Findings 396 fish across 6 groups: Adult zebrafish were split into stressed and non-stressed groups, then exposed …
