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Ayahuasca has also been shown to generate new brain cells which could, theoretically, accomplish something similar. http://beckleyfoundation.org/ayahuasca-stim
by madman2890 8y ago
Ayahuasca has also been shown to generate new brain cells which could, theoretically, accomplish something similar. http://beckleyfoundation.org/ayahuasca-stimulates-the-birth-of-new-brain-cells/ http://beckleyfoundation.org/ayahuasca-stimulates-the-birth-...
- samirm 8y agoI think that's generally true for most psychedelics.
- gt565k 8y agoIs there any findings / publications on this?
- samirm 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18706501 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18706501
- madman2890 8y agoI haven't seen any evidence to support the claim that psychedelics other than Ayahuasca catalyze neurogenesis. That being said, there is evidence that LSD increases neuroplasticity. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(18)30755-1.pdf https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/S2211-1247(18)30755-1....
- samirm 8y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23727882 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23727882 https://www.nature.com/articles/1395272 https://www.nature.com/articles/1395272 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/762668 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/762668 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14557608 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14557608 https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/do-psychedelics-trigger-neurogenesis-heres-what-we-know/ https://www.psymposia.com/magazine/do-psychedelics-trigger-n... https://maps.org/research/other-research https://maps.org/research/other-research Also highly recommend stuff by Paul Stamets.
- madman2890 8y agoThanks for all of these references. I am checking them out now.