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Are we hallucinating or can psychedelic drugs modulate the immune system to control inflammation?
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Psychedelic drugs that activate 5‐HT2A receptors have been long used for cultural, medicinal and recreational purposes. Interest in psychedelics for treating psychiatric disorders has resurged recently and is well documented; less well recognised are their anti‐inflammatory properties. Growing evidence now demonstrates that psychedelics modulate immune
Omar Qureshi +10 more
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The Power of Social Attribution: Perspectives on the Healing Efficacy of Ayahuasca
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 During the last decades, ayahuasca gained much popularity among non-Indigenous and out-of-Amazonia based populations. In popular culture, it has been advertised as a natural remedy that was discovered by Indigenous peoples ante millennia and that has ...
Bernd Brabec de Mori +1 more
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Ayahuasca and Globalization [PDF]
, 2011 The essay explores the globalization of ayahuasca, a plant medicine endemic to the Upper Amazon. Originally distributed among only Indigenous Amazonian people, today it is distributed throughout the globe. Contemporary consumers of ayahuasca construct it
Hudson, Jesse
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The current state of ayahuasca research in animal models: A systematic review.
Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 2023 RATIONALE The psychedelic brew ayahuasca is increasingly being investigated for its therapeutic potential. Animal models are essential to investigate the pharmacological effects of ayahuasca since they can control factors influencing it, such as the set ...
D. Daldegan-Bueno +3 more
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British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Theorized mechanism of dopamine homeostasis restoration in the nucleus accumbens core induced by a psychedelic intervention. Abstract Psychedelics have garnered great attention in recent years as treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression because of their ability to alter consciousness and afflicted cognitive ...
Lucas Wittenkeller +3 more
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Chronic intermittent exposure to ayahuasca during aging does not affect memory in mice
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological ResearchThe Quechua term ayahuasca refers to a beverage obtained from decoctions of the liana Banisteriopsis caapi with leaves of Psychotria viridis. The ritualistic use of ayahuasca is becoming a global phenomenon, with some individuals using this beverage ...
N.F. Correa-Netto +7 more
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Narratives of contemporary religious modernity: the new traditions of the old [PDF]
, 2013 Este trabajo analiza el modo en que movimientos religiosos contemporáneos recrean pasados históricos y tradiciones religiosas dentro de nuevos marcos organizacionales y cosmológicos, los que pueden verse como una crítica cultural a la modernidad que ...
Wright, Pablo Gerardo
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Ayahuasca and Dimethyltryptamine Adverse Events and Toxicity Analysis: A Systematic Thematic Review
International journal of toxicologyThe objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic thematic review of adverse events, safety, and toxicity of traditional ayahuasca plant preparations and its main psychoactive alkaloids (dimethyltryptamine [DMT], harmine, harmaline, and ...
Eleanor White +4 more
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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023 Consumption of the psychedelic brew ayahuasca is a central ritualistic aspect of the Santo Daime religion. The current observational, baseline controlled study was designed to assess whether members (n = 24) of the Santo Daime church would show enhanced ...
J. Ramaekers +6 more
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Otherwise Ayahuasca Expressions. Ritual Reinvention and Social Change in Ayahuasca Rituals
Studia ReligiologicaThis article examines a range of hybrid, artistic ayahuasca ritual formations that I define as otherwise ayahuasca expressions to engage with the question of ritual reinvention.
Piera Talin
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