A network of interacting neural structures, called monitors, exists in the mammalian brain in which data derived from sensory inputs and from memory stores is precisely displayed within the brain. The key function of monitors is to provide an 'ultimate monitor', proposed to be the locus that generates the phenomenon of conscious self awareness, with information that defines or maps the...
The present study deals with the measurement of the brain levels of the two potent hallucinogens N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (OMB), the biogenic amine tryptamine (TA), and its condensation product 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline (THBC) in rats of various ages. Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with isotope dilution, we detected DMT, OMB, and THBC...