Effects of Ayahuasca on the human EEG
Phytomedicine April 1, 1998 Neville S. Arachchige Don, Bruce E. Mcdonough, Gabriel Acácio de Moura et al. 33 citations
EEG data were recorded under field conditions from 11 members of the Santo Daime Doctrine, a Brazilian shamanistic religion, before and after ingesting the psychoactive alkaloid preparation, ayahuasca, or daime, as they term it. Post-ingestion, we observed increases in power in the 36-44 Hz frequency band ("40 Hz") from the left occipital-temporal-parietal scalp electrodes in the eyes-closed...