Researchers led by Dr. Claire Foldi at Monash University have discovered that psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in ...

People in a new study who took psilocybin often experienced headache, nausea, anxiety, dizziness and elevated blood pressure -- side effects similar to those seen with regular antidepressants. Photo ...

"Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Photo by Adobe ...

A new study suggests that the long-term antidepressant effects of psychedelics may be driven by persistent changes in how ...

Researchers have developed a new model to study the antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects of psilocybin in mice.

Magic mushrooms have recently had a reputation revamp. Often considered a hippie drug, their main active component, psilocybin, is being tested in a variety of clinical trials as a therapy for the ...

On Tuesday, November 12th, students at the University of Wisconsin received an email from the Raison Lab asking if they were interested in a lab studying the effect of psilocybin. The study offered up ...

A new study shows that natural mushroom extracts may be more therapeutically effective than synthesized psilocybin, which is widely used in research investigating the medicinal potential of the ...

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Testing found the bars contained psilocybin and intoxicating synthetic compounds, according to city officials.

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...