News tagged with psilocybin

The potential of psilocybin to alleviate psychological distress in cancer patients is revealed

Improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers in recent years have led to a marked increase in patients' physical survival rates. While doctors can treat the physical disease, what is not well understood is how best ...

Cancer Jan 31, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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 Jan 23, 2012 | 4.8 / 5 (19) | 6 |