Psilocybin appears to alter brain networks linked to repetitive negative thoughts, which may explain how the drug helps to ...

As well as potentially helping with depression, OCD and addiction, psilocybin could have the ability to slow ageing, recent ...

(CNN) — Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation.

Breathing exercises like high-ventilation breathing or holotropic breathing have been growing in popularity as forms of ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry has provided the most detailed look yet at how psilocybin affects brain activity in rodents. Researchers found that psilocybin produces widespread ...

Meanwhile, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, a molecule that supports neuron growth, increased after psilocybin treatment. In simple terms, the substance appeared to help the brain repair itself.

Upheaval within the brain’s higher order networks could explain psilocybin users’ feelings of profound connection to the larger universe.

They work for depression and P.T.S.D. Could they also help the brain repair itself after a neurologic catastrophe?

How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more farmer images/Moment Open/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Cultivated Mushrooms are pictured ...

Benefits of psychedelic mushrooms Classic psychedelics such as psilocybin and LSD enter the brain via the same receptors as serotonin, the body’s “feel good” hormone.