News tagged with psychedelic drugs


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

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