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Stanford University Press eBooks June 11, 2024 Alex K. Gearin 9 citations
Surveying contemporary networks and practices in Peru, Australia, and China, anthropologist Alex K. Gearin explores the visionary marvels, wonders, and diversity of ayahuasca drinking today. Ceremonies of drinking the psychoactive brew ayahuasca have flourished across the planet in recent decades. Emerging from Indigenous roots in the Amazon rainforest, the brew is now envisaged by many as the...
Revista de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica June 2, 2024
Ayahuasca, un té utilizado inicialmente por pueblos amerindios, con fines medicinales, religiosos y sacramentales, y luego se difundió en muchas partes del mundo en contextos urbanos, que, además de su uso religioso y espiritual, también el uso recreativo. El té de ayahuasca contiene un perfil químico bien característico de compuestos alcaloides psicoactivos que son N, N-dimetiltriptamina (DMT)...
Pharmaceuticals June 2, 2024 Joana Gonçalves, Mariana Feijó, Sílvia Socorro et al.
The psychedelic beverage ayahuasca is originally obtained by Banisteriopsis caapi (B. caapi) (BC) and Psychotria viridis (P. viridis) (PV). However, sometimes these plant species are replaced by others that mimic the original effects, such as Mimosa hostilis (M. hostilis) (MH) and Peganum harmala (P. harmala) (PH). Its worldwide consumption and the number of studies on its potential therapeutic...
British Journal of Pharmacology June 1, 2024 Isabel Werle, Laura M M Nascimento, Aymee L A Dos Santos et al. 21 citations
Ayahuasca (AYA) is a botanical psychedelic with promising results in observational and small clinical trials for depression, trauma and drug use disorders. Its psychoactive effects primarily stem from N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). However, there is a lack of research on how and where AYA acts in the brain. This study addressed these questions by examining the extinction of aversive memories in...
Revista Neurociências May 28, 2024 Mariah Caroline Charafeddine Dias, Rafael Mariano de Bitenocurt
Introdução. A depressão afeta mais de 300 milhões de pessoas globalmente, é considerada uma das principais preocupações de saúde pública, sendo referida como o "mal do século". Caracterizada por diversos sintomas, desde tristeza profunda até pensamentos suicidas, o tratamento convencional envolve o uso de antidepressivos, frequentemente acompanhados de psicoterapia, mas a eficácia é variável e...
Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale May 27, 2024 Andrea Miccichè
The consumption of ayahuasca for cultic purposes: public health order and religious freedom ABSTRACT: The article is inspired by the arguments contained in judgement no. 9897 of 2023 of the Council of State, which rejected the appeal against the inclusion of ayahuasca in the table of psychotropic substances. This narcotic is used in small quantities in the celebrations of the Churches of Daime,...
bioRxiv Preprint Server May 7, 2024 Victor Distefano Wiltenburg, Gabriela Morales-Lima, Aline Valéria Sousa Santos et al. preprint
Abstract Background Ayahuasca, a psychoactive Amazonian preparation, is increasingly studied for substance-use disorders. Objectives Investigate whether oral lyophilised-ayahuasca attenuates ethanol-induced conditioned place preference (CPP) in mice and alters ΔFosB expression in nucleus accumbens (NAc). Methods Male Swiss mice received water or ayahuasca (130-1950 mg/kg, p.o.) 30 min before...
May 1, 2024 Banan Ramarushton
Rumination is a well-established risk factor for the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety and has been identified as a transdiagnostic factor due to its association with multiple forms of psychopathology. A renaissance of psychedelic research shows promise in treating psychopathology with potential for acting on ruminative processes. Despite the growing interest and developments in...
Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain May 1, 2024 Jonathan A. Leighton, Cyril Petignat, Brian E. Mcgeeney 2 citations
Plain Language Summary A suicidal patient with Short‐lasting Unilateral Neuralgiform headache attacks with Conjunctival injection and Tearing (SUNCT) whose excruciating condition did not respond to various treatments discovered that ayahuasca, a psychoactive concoction used by indigenous populations of South America, caused his attacks to cease entirely. Inhaled N , N ‐dimethyltryptamine (DMT),...
Espaço Ameríndio April 28, 2024 Rejane Nunes, Roseli Waynambi Omágua, Rosangela Pötyra Kambeba et al.
A ayahuasca, assim como outras plantas medicinais, é tradicionalmente usada por povos indígenas da América do Sul, mas vem sendo incorporada por grupos não indígenas com pouca ou nenhuma referência a esse uso ancestral. Este artigo traz relatos de usos da ayahuasca e de outras plantas medicinais por estudantes do PET Conexões Saberes Indígenas da UFSCar pertencentes a diferentes povos indígenas...