Daytime Ayahuasca administration modulates REM and slow-wave sleep in healthy volunteers
Psychopharmacology November 20, 2007 Manel J. Barbanoj, Jordi Riba, S. Clos et al. 74 citations
ObjectivesAyahuasca is a traditional South American psychoactive beverage and the central sacrament of Brazilian-based religious groups, with followers in Europe and the United States. The tea contains the psychedelic indole N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and beta-carboline alkaloids with monoamine oxidase-inhibiting properties that render DMT orally active. DMT interacts with serotonergic...