News tagged with magic mushrooms


Use of psychedelic drugs remains prevalent in the US

An article published in F1000Research, and approved for indexing in PubMed and other major bibliographical databases, estimates that there were approximately 32 million users of psychedelic drugs in the United States in 2010.

Medications created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

First trial—investigating magic mushrooms as a treatment for depression—delayed by UK and EU regulations

The world's first clinical trial to explore the use of the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms to treat depression is being delayed due to the UK and EU rules on the use of illegal drugs in research.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Your brain on 'shrooms: fMRI elucidates neural correlates of psilocybin psychedelic state

(Medical Xpress) -- Psychedelic substances have long been used for healing, ceremonial, or mind-altering subjective experiences due to compounds that, when ingested or inhaled, generate hallucinations, perceptual ...

Neuroscience created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (43) | comments 45 | with audio podcast feature

fMRI brain imaging illuminates magic mushrooms' psychedelic effects

Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work. The findings of two studies being ...

Neuroscience created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 6 | with audio podcast