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Further than this, DMT is endogenous and protects against hypoxia: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00423/full https://www.frontiersin.o
by jarmitage 8y ago
Further than this, DMT is endogenous and protects against hypoxia:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.00423/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2016.0042...
http://beckleyfoundation.org/2016/09/15/the-first-study-to-show-that-dmt-protects-brain-and-immune-cells-under-stress/ http://beckleyfoundation.org/2016/09/15/the-first-study-to-s...
Some are lead to believe that DMT is released during a NDE as a last attempt at survival.
- jadbox 8y agoCould it also be post NDE behavior modification? Maybe it's an evolutionary system to try to expand the host's perspective, as maybe the NDE may have been the result of poor actions of the host.
- jarmitage 8y agoIt seems that it could have many functions, and even many second order effects. It’s too early to tell but I really hope we find out in my lifetime.
- matthewwiese 8y agoHere is a link to the PDF version of jarmitage's first link on fnins: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021697/pdf/fnins-10-00423.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5021697/pdf/fni...
- lxg 8y agoThere is also a pretty interesting movie: "DMT: the spirit molecule" [0] which touches the topic of releasing DMT during NDE. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk
- jarmitage 8y agoRick Strassman’s book which this film was inspired by IIRC is a great read that I found hard to put down. People like him, at least how he comes across in his book, seem to deserve a lot of credit for the psychedelic science renaissance we are now experiencing.