What Psilocybin Does to Your Brain?

For centuries, indigenous shamans used sacred fungi to enter profound trance states. Today, modern science is using those exact same mushrooms to cure severe depression. 🍄🧠 Carhart-Harris, R. L., Bolstridge, M., Rucker, J., Day, C. M., Erritzoe, D., Kaelen, M., ... & Nutt, D. J. (2016). Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: An open-label feasibility study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(7), 619–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30065-7 . Geiger, H. A., Wurst, M. G., & Daniels, R. N. (2018). DARK classics in chemical neuroscience: Psilocybin. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 9(10), 2438–2447. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00186 . Griffiths, R. R., Johnson, M. W., Carducci, M. A., Umbricht, A., Richards, W. A., Richards, B. D., ... & Klinedinst, M. A. (2016). Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30(12), 1181–1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116675513. #Psilocybin #Neuropharmacology #Ethnomycology #Neuroplasticity #Biology #ScienceDocumentary #MentalHealth #PTSDTreatment #MedicinalFungi #MagicMushrooms #Toxicology