English Explanatory Dictionary

psychoplastogen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of small molecule drugs (notably including some psychedelics) that produce rapid and long-lasting effects on neuronal structure and function and whose use is intended to produce therapeutic benefit after a single dose.

Word forms

psychoplastogen psychoplastogens

Etymology

Coined by American neuroscientist David E. Olson in 2018, from psycho- (“mind”) + plasto- (“plastic”) + -gen (“agent of production”), referring to the ability to rapidly promote neuronal changes via mechanisms of neuroplasticity.

Synonyms

neuroplastogen
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