Some of them also took another dose of psilocybin between 6 to 12 months later. The scans showed the biggest disruption took place in the brain's "default mode," a network of regions responsible ...

A new pilot study reveals that psilocybin—the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms—may significantly improve mood, ...

The new study uses multiple brain scans to illustrate how psilocybin may make connections in the brain more malleable, thus helping people overcome “rigid maladaptive patterns” of thought and ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham discovered that interactions between immune cells and brain cells play a key role in ...

“People often describe taking psilocybin as producing a dreamlike state and our findings have, for the first time, provided a physical representation for the experience in the brain,” Robin ...

Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain, and this is the map of a brain on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new connections you can see don't just ...

“Psilocybin has reversed all signs of my brain damage. Neurologists can’t find any abnormalities in my brain scans, and my blood work is coming back clean and healthy,” Carcillo sai ...

Psilocybin is the active ingredient that gives so-called “magic mushrooms” their hallucinogenic kick. It also has a therapeutic potential for treating depression. Cornell researchers have identified a ...

Beyond the groovy visuals, however, psilocybin interacts with the brain’s serotonin receptors, and that’s where the magic really starts to kick in. Recent studies have shown that this little ...

(KPTV) - Can magic mushrooms, or other psychedelic drugs, reverse the effects of brain damage ... weeks Netzband and his team will continue to scan Irwin’s, and the other athletes’ brains ...