ayahuasca brew stimulates generation of human neural cells

“Our results demonstrate that harmine is able to generate new human neural cells, similarly to the effects of classical antidepressant drugs, which frequently are followed by diverse side effects.”

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Vanja Dakic, Renata de Moraes Maciel, Hannah Drummond, Juliana M. Nascimento, Pablo Trindade, Stevens K. Rehen. Harmine stimulates proliferation of human neural progenitors. PeerJ, 2016; 4: e2727 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2727