The Therapeutic Potentials of Ayahuasca: Possible Effects against Various Diseases of Civilization [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016 Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive brew of two main components. Its active agents are β-carboline and tryptamine derivatives. As a sacrament, ayahuasca is still a central element of many healing ceremonies in the Amazon Basin and its ritual ...
Ede Frecska, Michael Winkelman
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Personality, psychopathology, life attitudes and neuropsychological performance among ritual users of Ayahuasca: a longitudinal study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive plant beverage containing the serotonergic 5-HT(2A) agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine oxidase-inhibiting alkaloids (harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine) that render it orally active.
José Carlos Bouso +10 more
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Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 IntroductionAyahuasca is a plant-based decoction native to Amazonia, where it has a long history of use in traditional medicine. Contemporary ritual use of ayahuasca has been expanding throughout the world for mental health purposes, and for spiritual ...
José Carlos Bouso +7 more
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Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca: A proposed model and implications for therapeutic use [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew. It is usually made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine (Spruce ex Griseb. Morton, Malpighiaceae), which contains three primary harmala alkaloids, along with the leaves of Psychotria viridis (Ruiz et Pavon,
Daniel Perkins +12 more
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Psychological variables implied in the therapeutic effect of ayahuasca: A contextual approach [PDF]
Psychiatry Research, 2018 Ayahuasca is a psychedelic decoction originating from Amazonia. The ayahuasca-induced introspective experience has been shown to have potential benefits in the treatment of several pathologies, to protect mental health and to improve neuropsychological ...
Alberto Sainz-Cort +2 more
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Ayahuasca: A review of historical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects [PDF]
PCN Reports, 2023 Ayahuasca is a psychedelic plant brew originating from the Amazon rainforest. It is formed from two basic components, the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a plant containing the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), usually Psychotria viridis.
Simon G. D. Ruffell +15 more
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The psychedelic state induced by ayahuasca modulates the activity and connectivity of the default mode network. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The experiences induced by psychedelics share a wide variety of subjective features, related to the complex changes in perception and cognition induced by this class of drugs.
Fernanda Palhano-Fontes +7 more
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Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2021 Background: Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian brew which has emerging data indicating that it has antidepressant and anxiolytic properties. Methods: This paper uses data from the Global Ayahuasca Project (GAP), which was undertaken across 2017–2020 ...
Jerome Sarris +12 more
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Ayahuasca: Uses, Phytochemical and Biological Activities [PDF]
Natural Products and Bioprospecting, 2019 Ayahuasca (caapi, yajé), is a psychoactive brew from the Amazon Basin region of South America traditionally considered a “master plant.” It is prepared as a decoction from Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis, which it is thought that it ...
Edgar Antonio Estrella-Parra +2 more
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Ayahuasca’s ‘afterglow’: improved mindfulness and cognitive flexibility in ayahuasca drinkers
Psychopharmacology, 2020 There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca for treating depression and anxiety. However, the mechanisms of action involved in ayahuasca's therapeutic effects are unclear. Mindfulness and cognitive flexibility may be two possible psychological mechanisms. Like other classic psychedelics, ayahuasca also leads
Kirstie Soar
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