Neuroscientists: Shroom-induced brain rewiring could hold the key to fighting mental illness
Psychedelic mushrooms dramatically increase connectivity between otherwise uncommunicative parts of the brain, according to researchers from Imperial College London in an article to be published in the November edition of the Royal Society’s journal Interface.
Paul Expert and his team analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data from two groups of people — one who had ingested a small amount of the active agent in hallucinogenic mushrooms, psilocybin, and another group who was given a placebo.
On the left is a data visualization of a brain administered the placebo; on the right, one that has been subjected to a mild dose of psilocybin. |
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