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Psilocybin and mescaline are both classified as psychoactive plant medicines with ancient histories {fact:1, fact:2} and are frequently studied together as classic psychedelics in clinical and neuroimaging research {fact:3, fact:4, fact:5, fact:6}.
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Psychedelic Drugs News - ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com 1 fact
claimA classic psychedelic similar to LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline activates a specific cell type in the brain that silences neighboring neurons.
[PDF] The Psychedelic Renaissance: a Convergence of Indigenous ... pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu 1 fact
claimPsilocybin, peyote/mescaline, and Ayahuasca are identified as important plant medicines that possess an ancient human history.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimWhen psychedelics are administered in a supportive, controlled environment such as a ritual or clinical setting, no severe acute or chronic adverse effects occur, and no overdose deaths have been reported after ingestion of typical doses of LSD, psilocybin, or mescaline.
the consumption of psychoactive plants in ancient global and ... academia.edu 1 fact
claimPsychoactive ingredients used in religious rituals include narcotic analgesics (opium), THC (cannabis), psilocybin (magic mushrooms), mescaline (peyote), ibogaine (Tabernanthe iboga), DMT (Ayahuasca and phalaris species), Peganum harmala, bufotenin, muscimol (Amanita muscaria), thujone (absinthe, Arthemisia absinthium), ephedra, mandragora, star lotus, and Salvia divinorum.
Classification Schemes of Altered States of Consciousness - ORBi orbi.uliege.be 1 fact
referenceLey et al. (2023) conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study published in Neuropsychopharmacology comparing the acute effects of mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin in healthy participants.
The Mechanisms of Psychedelic Visionary Experiences - Frontiers frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceA 2016 review by dos Santos et al. of 25 neuroimaging studies concluded that oral administration of serotonergic psychedelics, including mescaline, psilocybin, and ayahuasca, produces excitatory effects in the frontolateral/frontomedial cortex and medial temporal lobe areas, which are central to cognitive functioning, self-awareness, emotional processing, and memory.