Sentences with phrase «called psilocybin»

These fungi influence our brains by producing a compound called psilocybin, but the origin of this chemical may have little to do with discovering fundamental truth

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A dozen human studies of MDMA, LSD, a powerful African drug called ibogaine and psilocybin, from so - called «magic mushrooms,» are now under way, testing the once - stigmatized drugs as treatments for not only PTSD, but also cluster headaches and addiction, as well as anxiety and depression in cancer patients.

In follow - up interviews two months later, four out of five said that the psilocybin experience had improved their well - being and satisfaction with life, about 70 percent rated the experience as among the most spiritually significant events of their lives, and nearly 70 percent called it one of the most personally meaningful events, comparable to the birth of a first child or the death of a parent.

Coined in 1956 from the Greek root for «mind revealing,» the term psychedelic refers to a broad range of drugs that includes peyote, LSD, and psilocybin, the primary active ingredient in so - called magic mushrooms.

Coined in 1956 from the Greek roots for «mind revealing,» the term psychedelic refers to a broad range of drugs that include peyote, LSD, and psilocybin, the primary active ingredient in so - called magic mushrooms.

The new wave of research on psychedelics — «version 2.0,» as Dr. Ross calls it — began in the early 1990s, when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sanctioned a few preliminary studies on psilocybin and MDMA.

Two small studies in this special issue of the Journal of Psychopharmacology looked at the effects of psilocybin, the active compound in what are commonly called magic mushrooms, on patients with advanced cancer who were experiencing depression and anxiety.