Increased frontal and paralimbic activation following ayahuasca, the pan-amazonian inebriant
Psychopharmacology March 30, 2006 Jordi Riba, Sergio Romero, Eva Grasa et al. 245 citations
RationaleAyahuasca is a South American psychoactive plant tea which contains the serotonergic psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine-oxidase inhibitors that render DMT orally active. Previous investigations with ayahuasca have highlighted a psychotropic effect profile characterized by enhanced introspective attention, with individuals reporting altered somatic perceptions and...
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Ayahuasca
Serotonergic
Parahippocampal gyrus
Hallucinogen
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