Jul 8, 2014 | Nature Body Mind
Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mind-expanding drug trip. Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and magic mushrooms can...
Oct 20, 2012 | Nature Body Mind
The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that’s credited...
Oct 18, 2011 | Nature Body Mind
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Published: September 29, 2011 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner Many individuals who took...