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Sourced imagery — psilocybin-dual-phase academic infographics

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Molecular structures — PDB entries (kept)

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File Structure Deposition authors Paper
pdb_new/7WC5-ht2a-psilocin.png Serotonin 2A receptor in complex with psilocin Cao D, Yu J, Wang H, Luo Z, Liu X, He L, et al. Cao D et al. "Structure-based discovery of nonhallucinogenic psychedelic analogs." Science. 2022;375:403–411. doi:10.1126/science.abl8615
pdb_new/7WC5-pocket.png Binding-pocket close-up of the same complex Same as above Same as above

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Photomicrographs (kept)

File What it shows Source License Required attribution line
hippocampal-neuron-zeiss.jpg Cultured rat hippocampal neuron, anti-βIII tubulin (green); 1918×1219 ZEISS Microscopy, via Wikimedia Commons (File:Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neuron (24327909026).jpg) CC BY 2.0 "ZEISS Microscopy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons"
hippocampus-nissl.jpg Section of mouse hippocampus, Nissl stain; 1600×1200 Wikimedia Commons user "Ns_takes_photos" (own work), File:Hippocampal Neurons, stained.jpg CC BY 4.0 "Ns_takes_photos, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons"

Honesty note (also captioned on the graphics): these are healthy cultured/tissue neurons, NOT from a psilocybin experiment. They illustrate the cellular setting where plasticity is studied.

Rejected candidates (not kept)

Candidate Why rejected
Ly et al. 2018, Cell Reports (PMC6082376), Figs 1/2/6 — psychedelic plasticity culture images PMC page states CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 — non-commercial + no-derivatives terms not permitted (CC0/CC-BY only). Files deleted from sourced/
brain-mri-7t.png (7T basal-ganglia / DBS figure) Off-topic for psilocybin pages (deep-brain-stimulation anatomy); source license unverified. File deleted
Cerebral cortex slide (CC BY-SA) considered in earlier wave Share-alike license not permitted
Psilocybin-pathway diagram (web) License/source unverifiable; real-data rule prefers micrographs and PDB renders

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