Why are some mushrooms “magic?”
Study offers evolutionary explanation, could pave way for neurological treatments.
Magic mushrooms may ‘reset’ the brains of depressed patients
Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a ‘reset’ of their brain activity. The findings come from a study in which researchers from Imperial College London used psilocybin – the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms – to treat a small number of patients with depression in whom conventional treatment had failed.
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