Researchers at CU Anschutz are studying the effect of psychedelic mushrooms on patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Psychedelic compounds produce intense subjective experiences and have shown promise in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and treatment-resistant depression, amongst other ...

You've got increased activity in the visual cortex ... and this is the map of a brain on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new connections you can see don ...

The new restrictions kept the drugs out of researchers’ hands, too. Psilocybin can change brain activity, but it’s not clear if these shifts relate to mental health. In a study in healthy ...

From Amazonian Ayahuasca rituals to ancient use of psilocybin 'magic mushrooms', these substances have played significant roles in various cultures.

Researchers have found endogenous psychedelic production in the human brain and gut, the latter of which occurs with the help of symbiotic gut microbes. The similarities between exogenous and ...

Scientists believe that psilocybin may dampen the appetite ... a domino effect of different changes in the brain. You've got increased activity in the visual cortex, which leads to changes in ...

“Our team has also been working hard to develop the next version of the study which will be used to generate findings related to psychedelic microdosing for years to come.” There isn’t one ...