User profiles for Dráulio B. Araújo

Draulio Barros de Araujo

Brain Institute, UFRN
Verified email at neuro.ufrn.br
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Rapid antidepressant effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

…, E Arcoverde, JP Maia-de-Oliveira, DB Araújo - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundRecent open-label trials show that psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, hold
promise as fast-onset antidepressants in treatment-resistant depression.MethodsTo test the …

Nootropic effects of LSD: Behavioral, molecular and computational evidence

…, FA Cini, I Wießner, E Marcos, DB Araújo… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The therapeutic use of classical psychedelic substances such as d-lysergic acid diethylamide
(LSD) surged in recent years. Studies in rodents suggest that these effects are produced …

[HTML][HTML] Ressonância magnética funcional: as funções do cerébro reveladas por spins nucleares

R Covolan, DB Araújo, AC Santos… - Ciência e Cultura, 2004 - cienciaecultura.bvs.br
A técnica de imagens por ressonância magnética explora um fenmeno quântico bastante
curioso, que ocorre em escala nuclear, e que foi descoberto de forma independente por Felix …

Ayahuasca's therapeutic potential: What we know–and what not

…, D Daldegan-Bueno, I Wießner, DB Araujo… - European …, 2023 - Elsevier
The therapeutic potential of the psychedelic brew ayahuasca has been investigated in
preclinical and clinical studies. Currently, the most consistent evidence refers to depression. …

[HTML][HTML] Preliminary evidence of links between ayahuasca use and the corpus callosum

O Simonsson, JC Bouso, F Kurth, DB Araújo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Recent research suggests that ayahuasca and its alkaloid-containing
ingredients may be helpful in the treatment and prevention of certain movement and …

Recent evidence on the antidepressant effects of ayahuasca

…, N Galvão-Coelho, JP Maia-Oliveira, DB Araújo - Ayahuasca healing and …, 2021 - Springer
Depression is a mood disorder with profound negative effects on the individual’s quality of
life and augmented suicidal risks. Despite substantial progress in the development of new …

Subacute effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca on the salience and default mode networks

…, F Palhano-Fontes, DB Araujo - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Neuroimaging studies have just begun to explore the acute effects of psychedelics
on large-scale brain networks’ functional organization. Even less is known about the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of ayahuasca on suicidality: results from a randomized controlled trial

…, E Arcoverde, JP Maia-Oliveira, DB Araujo - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Suicide is a major public health problem. Given increasing suicide rates and limitations
surrounding current interventions, there is an urgent need for innovative interventions for …

LSD, afterglow and hangover: Increased episodic memory and verbal fluency, decreased cognitive flexibility

…, LO Maia, A Feilding, DB Araujo… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Psychedelics acutely impair cognitive functions, but these impairments decline with growing
experiences with psychedelics and microdoses may even exert opposing effects. Given the …

LSD and creativity: Increased novelty and symbolic thinking, decreased utility and convergent thinking

…, A Feilding, S Ribeiro, DB Araujo… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Controversy surrounds psychedelics and their potential to boost creativity. To
date, psychedelic studies lack a uniform conceptualization of creativity and methodologically …