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Hallucinogens: mechanisms and medical complications [PDF]
, 2013 Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityHallucinogens are drugs that alter consciousness by distorting primarily auditory and visual perception but they can affect any sensory system. Hallucinogens also affect judgment, orientation, memory, or emotion.
Chan, Ryan Harry Alexander
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Religion, globalization and modernity:from macro-processes to micro-dynamics [PDF]
, 2014 Three aspects of the globalization – religion relationship are explored by this article. These three aspects are: growing religious diversity (as a macro-structural phenomenon); increasing organizational differentiation (as a mid-range institutional ...
Dawson, Andrew
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Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mental privacy is a growing concern as neurotechnologies and digital mental health tools collect and process sensitive brain‐related data. In South Africa, cultural and religious diversity adds complexity to protecting mental privacy, with traditional healing practices, communal decision‐making, and spiritual beliefs influencing mental health ...
Marietjie Botes +4 more
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Breve relato de la resignificación de la Ayahuasca en la religión “Santo Daime” [PDF]
, 2010 A Ayahuasca é um chá com propriedades psicoativas, utilizado milenarmente pela população nativa amazônica. A partir do início do século XX, a população não índia passou a ter contato com a bebida e formaram-se novos contextos de ...
Oliveira, Isabela Lara
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Addiction, Volume 121, Issue 6, Page 1616-1621, June 2026.Abstract Revived interest in psychedelic‐assisted therapies has also renewed focus on ibogaine, a psychoactive alkaloid, for its notable anti‐addictive potential. Evidence from observational, open‐label, and limited randomized placebo‐controlled trials indicates that ibogaine and its metabolite noribogaine reduce craving and withdrawal symptoms in ...
Tibor Markus Brunt
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Effects of acute administration of Ayahuasca on the oxidative stress and neuronal apoptosis in rats [PDF]
Journal of Stress Physiology & BiochemistryIntroduction: The ayahuasca have legal authorization for religious use and scientific research. There are few published studies to determine their neurotoxic risk.
Alceu Afonso Jordao +2 more
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Fundamental &Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 40, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT Psychotropic medicines are known to impair cognitive function acutely, but the specific effects of individual substances remain underexplored. This study investigates the effects of dexamphetamine and zolpidem on cognitive performance to quantify the potential risk of intake and their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic relationship.
Veronika Pfoser‐Poschacher +6 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2020 Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic botanical beverage originally used by indigenous Amazonian tribes in religious ceremonies and therapeutic practices. While ethnobotanical surveys still indicate its spiritual and medicinal uses, consumption of ayahuasca has ...
Andreia Machado Brito-da-Costa +4 more
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Ayahuasca: farmacología, efectos agudos, potencial terapéutico y rituales [PDF]
, 2015 La ayahuasca es una preparación botánica alucinógena compuesta de Banisteriopsis caapi y Psychotria viridis que, tradicionalmente, ha sido consumida por grupos indígenas de la Amazonia.
Aliño, Marta +3 more
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Journal of Neurochemistry, Volume 170, Issue 5, May 2026.Depression and substance use disorder are difficult to treat, prompting interest in psychedelics like DMT, though its neural mechanisms remain unclear. This ex vivo study examined acute DMT effects on electrophysiology in male and female Ih‐negative neurons of the mouse ventral tegmental area (VTA). Low‐dose DMT (500 nM) had no effect, whereas a higher
Jannik Nicklas Eliasen +3 more
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