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Magic mushrooms may 'reset' the brains of depressed patients
Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a 'reset' of their brain activity.
he findings come from a study in which researchers from Imperial College London used psilocybin - the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms - to treat a small number of patients with depression in whom conventional treatment had failed.
In a paper, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers describe patient-reported benefits lasting up to five weeks after treatment, and believe the psychedelic compound may effectively reset the activity of key brain circuits known to play a role in depression.
Comparison of images of patients' brains before and one day after they received the drug treatment revealed changes in brain activity that were associated with marked and lasting reductions in depressive symptoms.
"Several of our patients described feeling 'reset' after the treatment and often used computer analogies. For example, one said he felt like his brain had been 'defragged' like a computer hard drive, and another said he felt 'rebooted'. Psilocybin may be giving these individuals the temporary 'kick start' they need to break out of their depressive states and these imaging results do tentatively support a 'reset' analogy. Similar brain effects to these have been seen with electroconvulsive therapy."
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Recent Joe Russo interview
Recent Joe Russo interview about the first night playing in Furthur and the advice Bob Weir gave him...
https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/joe_russos_almost_dead_saints_of_c...
"I walked off after that first set, and I was really low on myself. I was like, “I’m sucking. I’m not really feeling confident.” I go to Bob, who I really didn’t know very well at the time, and I was like, “I’m sorry. I’m feeling really tense out there. Any tips?” Then he pauses and says, “Eat some mushrooms?"
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Psychoactive substances like
Psychoactive substances like psilocybin and LSD were used to treat a wide range of behavioral and psychological conditions before long haired freaky people started using them and started supposedly jumping off buildings and staring at the sun until their eyes melted, leading to them being banned, even for medical use.
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Damn domestic disputes.
Wonder if the couple were TXR regulars?
https://www.google.com/amp/www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/25/berkeley-poli...
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There were many times where,
There were many times where, at the same moment, Bob would be telling me to slow down and Phil would be telling me to speed up. It was a little stressful. There was a learning curve, and it was learning how to interact with these two amazing, larger-than-life people. I didn’t want to let down either of these guys, but they were asking me for different things at the same time.
Read more: https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/joe_russos_almost_dead_saints_of_c...
That is all.
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I was once on an East coast
I was once on an East coast tour,our gang had this nasty cold,we called it the 'Hack',megga dosed on Shrooms,one night,next day no more colds,we was cured
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Listening to JRAD I assume
Listening to JRAD I assume Joe took Phil's advice to heart.