Kirsten N Cherian, Jackob N Keynan, Lauren Anker, Afik Faerman, Randi E Brown, Ahmed Shamma, Or Keynan, John P Coetzee, Jean-Marie Batail, Angela Phillips, Nicholas J Bassano, Gregory L Sahlem, Jose Inzunza, Trevor Millar, Jonathan Dickinson, C E Rolle, Jennifer Keller, Maheen Adamson, Ian H Kratter, Nolan R Williams
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of disability. Sequelae can include functional impairments and psychiatric syndromes such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety. Special Operations Forces (SOF) veterans (SOVs) may be at an elevated risk for these complications, leading some to seek underexplored treatment alternatives such as the oneirogen ibogaine, a plant-derived compound known to interact with multiple neurotransmitter systems that has been studied primarily as a treatment for substance use disorders...
February 2024: Nature Medicine