"Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Photo by Adobe ...

First it was wine. Then it was weed. Now? Mushrooms. Microdosing psilocybin, the active compound in so-called “magic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients treated with high-dose psilocybin had better responses compared with placebo in antidepressant trials.

A new analysis of clinical trial data indicates that psilocybin, when administered alongside psychotherapy, may provide rapid ...

On Tuesday, November 12th, students at the University of Wisconsin received an email from the Raison Lab asking if they were interested in a lab studying the effect of psilocybin. The study offered up ...

A new study led by Balázs Szigeti and with involvement of researchers Brandon Weiss, Fernando E Rosas, David Erritzoe, David Nutt and Robin Carhart-Harris found evidence of suggestibility predicting ...

Psilocybin, the active psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms, has been proven to impact patients with depression positively. Vail Health’s OPTIMIZE study, which will administer doses of psilocybin ...

A new study shows that the use of psilocybin, a compound found in the widely known "magic mushrooms," initiates a pattern of hyperconnectivity in the brain linked to the ego-modifying effects and ...

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...

A new study shows that natural mushroom extracts may be more therapeutically effective than synthesized psilocybin, which is widely used in research investigating the medicinal potential of the ...