This is what your brain looks like on DMT — the powerful chemical in ayahuasca loved by Prince Harry, Joe Rogan and Mike Tyson. Scientists from Imperial College London injected 20 people with ...

There are more onerous side effects of peyote thanks to its chemical structure, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, sweating, and increased heart rate. As such, its use has fallen so low that ...

They have the same chemical structure, which is similar to a neurotransmitter in your brain called serotonin. ... DMT is often smoked, injected, or consumed in an ayahuasca brew, ...

Ayahuasca has been used in shaman and healing rituals for centuries, specifically in areas near the Amazon river basin, but it’s seeing a surge in Skip to content Gizmodo ...

Psychedelic drugs such as LSD and ayahuasca change the structure of nerve cells, causing them to sprout more branches and spines, UC Davis researchers have found. This could help in ...

A psychedelic compound found in ayahuasca tea, DMT’s molecular structure is embedded within the structures of popular microdosing drugs such as LSD and psilocybin. The researchers administered ...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers revealed he consumed ayahuasca in Peru. The plant-based psychedelic drug is a drink that contains the chemical dimethyltryptamine, or DMT. Nicknames ...

Chemical in Ayahuasca Has Potential to Treat Diabetes. Published Mar 15, 2015 at 1:14 PM EDT Updated Mar 21, 2016 at 1:16 AM EDT. The Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine found in the jungles of South ...

The chemical structure of DMT resembles that of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. Beyond the indigenous communities of the Upper Amazon Basin, ayahuasca is most popularly ...