
Boris Heifets
Co- Director · Stanford Health Care
Credentials: · · · ·
History
- Present
PresentExploratory Therapeutics Laboratory · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
- Present
- 2015–2016
Stanford University Anesthesiology Fellowships (2016) CA
2010–2013
2005–2009
Research
Attenuation of Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine by Opioid Receptor Antagonism
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2018 · 403 citations
Endocannabinoid signaling and long-term synaptic plasticity
Review · Annual Review of Physiology · 2009 · First of 2 authors · 384 citations
Science · 2014 · 243 citations

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7 papers
- LC
5 papers
Grants
- 2023–2027
Mapping Neural Circuit Activity Mediating MDMA's Prosocial Effect
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Stanford University
- 2019–2026
Clinical Translation of Ultrasonic Ketamine Uncaging for Non-Opioid Therapy of Chronic Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · UG3
PI · $1.7M · Stanford University
- 2017–2021
Neural Circuitry and Synaptic Physiology Underlying MDMA's Prosocial Effect
National Institute of Mental Health · K08
Contact PI · $780.2K · Stanford University
Clinical trials
- 2026–2027
Study of Psilocybin Under Anesthesia Controlled by EEG
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 2
Stanford University
- 2025–2026
Induction of Dreaming With EEG and Anesthesia for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
Stanford University
- 2025–2027
Induction of Dreaming With EEG and Anesthesia in Healthy Adults
Principal investigator · Enrolling by invitation · Phase 1
Stanford University
- 2019–2022
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 4
Stanford University
