Ayahuasca, dimethyltryptamine, and psychosis: a systematic review of human studies

RG Dos Santos, JC Bouso… - Therapeutic advances in …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com

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Abstract

Ayahuasca is a hallucinogen brew traditionally used for ritual and therapeutic purposes in Northwestern Amazon. It is rich in the tryptamine hallucinogens dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which acts as a serotonin 5-HT2A agonist. This mechanism of action is similar to other …

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