Scientists have figured out why magic mushrooms make you have weird and wacky hallucinations. Psilocybin, one of the psychoactive ingredients in magic mushrooms, impacts a region of the brain ...

Researchers have uncovered two key brain mechanisms—specific neurons and a serotonin receptor—that help explain how psilocybin produces long-lasting antidepressant effects.

Magic mushrooms have a low risk of addiction ... Consumption can lead to symptoms such as euphoria, hallucinations, and sensory distortion. Although current research suggests psilocybin is ...

What do magic mushrooms do to the brain? Psilocin made from psilocybin found in certain psychedelic mushrooms has mind-altering effects. Some of these include hallucinations, feeling of euphoria, and ...

We also need clear guidance on a safe dose. Davis explains a person who takes magic mushrooms may experience side effects such as hallucination, impaired thinking, fear, agitation or confusion.

Some people also report experiencing visual or auditory hallucinations. In some cases, magic mushrooms can induce spiritual experiences and heightened states of consciousness. For certain people ...

Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain, and this is the map of a brain on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new connections you can see don't just ...

Cornell researchers have pinpointed the specific brain cells and receptor responsible for psilocybin’s powerful and lasting antidepressant effects—shedding new light on how the psychedelic compound ...

Since disturbing hallucinations may also be caused by ... Some hallucinogens appear in nature, such as psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and mescaline (peyote), and have been used throughout history ...

Deanne Mathews, a self-described "healer and mentor", pleads guilty to drug trafficking after serving magic mushrooms to a woman who died at a Victorian health retreat.

A North County husband and wife are now under arrest for manufacturing and distributing magic mushrooms and for ... who feels hallucinations from the drug are about to begin.