A $1.5 million gift to UC San Diego will help fund a research program into the biological and psychological effect of a powerful psychedelic in humans, it was announced Tuesday. N, ...

One of the most powerful psychedelics known, N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) has been described as causing imaginative visuals akin to the dream state. It is typically consumed on its own or in ayahuasca ...

When people use a psychedelic called dimethyltryptamine (DMT), they experience a temporary loss of their sense of self. DMT interacts with a frequency of brain activity associated with ...

A natural psychedelic may do more than alter perception. A new study found that at sub-hallucinogenic doses, DMT shielded the brain from stroke damage in animal models, reducing inflammation, ...

Preclinical research showed that DMT antidepressant effects were rapid and robust in a stress-based depression model. Find ...

Scientists have discovered that DMT, a natural compound found in plants and even the human brain, can dramatically reduce brain damage caused by stroke. The psychoactive molecule, long known for its ...

LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is one of the most well-known psychedelics. It’s a synthetic compound that was first synthesized in 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. LSD is one of the most potent ...

Weed has been legal in Arizona since 2020, and with the state backing studies into psilocybin mushrooms, shrooms may be on their way. But a new study suggests Americans are on to something else.