Scientists Discover That a Single Dose of Psilocybin Changes the Human Brain

Scientists Discover That a Single Dose of Psilocybin Changes the Human Brain

Researchers discovered that psilocybin temporarily increases brain complexity and may reshape neural connections for weeks. Researchers at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London have found that a single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, may cause physical changes in the brain that last for as long as a month after use. [...]

A Single Psilocybin Trip Teft Traces in the Brain Weeks Later

A single 25-milligram dose of psilocybin briefly pushed the brains of psychedelic novices into a more chaotic, flexible state—and some traces of the experience were still visible a month later.