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ChemicaL Neuroscience


Our lab studies a class of compounds that we call psychoplastogens, or small molecules capable of promoting neural plasticity.  Such compounds have enormous potential for treating a wide variety of neuropsychiatric diseases including depression, anxiety disorders, and addiction.  We use a combination of synthetic chemistry, molecular neurobiology, and behavioral neuropharmacology to 1) understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying the effects of psychoplastogens on the nervous system, and 2) develop next generation neurotherapeutics.

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​Click on the link to the left to listen to David discuss our tabernanthalog work on the bio eats world podcast

​​Olson Lab's research led to the founding of Delix Therapeutics.  Click on the link below to learn more.
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​Click on the link below to hear David discuss our tabernanthalog work on NPR
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David discusses how research in the Olson Lab led to the formation of Delix Therapeutics
Click on the issue of ACS Chemical Neuroscience to Read a NeuroChat profile about David
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David discusses the therapeutic potential of psychedelics on Al Jazeera
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Listen to David discuss our research on the Academic Minute
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David discusses our research on the BBC
Profile of our lab by The Conversation
Psy•cho•plast•o•gen

​mind + moldable + to produce
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