Objectives: Ayahuasca (AYA), a natural psychedelic brew prepared from Amazonian plants
and rich in dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmine, causes effects of subjective well-being …

Ayahuasca is an Amazonian botanical hallucinogenic brew which contains dimethyltryptamine,
a 5-HT 2A receptor agonist, and harmine, a monoamine-oxidase A inhibitor. Our group …

The experiences induced by psychedelics share a wide variety of subjective features,
related to the complex changes in perception and cognition induced by this class of drugs. A …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has just completed 20 years of existence. It
currently serves as a research tool in a broad range of human brain studies in normal and …

The hallucinogenic brew Ayahuasca, a rich source of serotonergic agonists and reuptake
inhibitors, has been used for ages by Amazonian populations during religious ceremonies. …

Psychedelic agents have a long history of use by humans for their capacity to induce
profound modifications in perception, emotion and cognitive processes. Despite increasing …

Lucid dreaming (LD) began to be scientifically studied in the last century, but various religions
have highlighted the importance of LD in their doctrines for a much longer period. Hindus’ …

Background Ayahuasca is a plant tea containing the psychedelic 5-HT 2A agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine
and harmala monoamine-oxidase inhibitors. Acute administration leads to …

… DB de Araujo, “Quantitative aspects of brain perfusion dynamic induced by BOLD fMRI,”
Arquivos de … RF Leoni, KC Mazzeto-Betti, KC Andrade, and DB de Araujo, “Quantitative …

The entropic brain hypothesis holds that the key facts concerning psychedelics are partially
explained in terms of increased entropy of the brain’s functional connectivity. Ayahuasca is a …