article yes Hakan Kücükdereli author 5d5f6ea4-ef9e-11f0-a10a-85e12a3552af Amelia May Barnett Douglass author de5f6fda-80fb-11ef-996f-a8c4ecd8e2890000-0001-5398-6473 AmDo department SiHi department Small amounts of stress are thought to have beneficial effects. A new study reports a mechanism by which the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, causes acute release of stress hormones, despite its known long-term anti-anxiety effects. Elsevier2026 eng 0960-9822 1879-0445 4149452310.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056 361R27-R29 H. Kücükdereli, A.M. Douglass, Current Biology 36 (2026) R27–R29. Kücükdereli H, Douglass AM. Neuroscience: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. <i>Current Biology</i>. 2026;36(1):R27-R29. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056">10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056</a> Kücükdereli, Hakan, and Amelia M. Douglass. “Neuroscience: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger.” <i>Current Biology</i>. Elsevier, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056</a>. Kücükdereli, Hakan, and Amelia M. Douglass. “Neuroscience: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger.” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 36, no. 1, Elsevier, 2026, pp. R27–29, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056">10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056</a>. Kücükdereli H, Douglass AM. 2026. Neuroscience: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Current Biology. 36(1), R27–R29. Kücükdereli, H., &#38; Douglass, A. M. (2026). Neuroscience: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. <i>Current Biology</i>. Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.11.056</a> H. Kücükdereli and A. M. Douglass, “Neuroscience: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” <i>Current Biology</i>, vol. 36, no. 1. Elsevier, pp. R27–R29, 2026. 209722026-01-11T23:01:33Z2026-01-12T10:09:13Z