Magic Mushrooms and Alzheimer’s: What One Remarkable Case Can Tell Us

Magic mushrooms and Alzheimer’s: what one remarkable case can tell us

Magic mushrooms are better known for producing hallucinations and altering people’s sense of reality than for treating brain diseases. Most people associate them with tripping, rather than Alzheimer’s disease.But a report on an individual patient has prompted scientists to ask whether psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, could have unexpected effects on the ageing brain.The report describes changes observed in a Japanese-Amer…

Study Says “Magic Mushrooms” May Help with Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study in Frontiers in Neuroscience highlights the potential benefits of psilocybin for people living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Pα+ Psychedelic Bulletin #226: The Ethics of Psilocybin for Advanced Alzheimer’s; Veterans’ Views on Psychedelics

A Case Report published in Frontiers in Neuroscience late last month (Lago et al., 2026) caused quite a stir, with various media outlets and psychedelics advocates hailing it as showing great promise. It reported on a woman in her 80s who has had Alzheimer’s for a decade being repeatedly dosed with psilocybin and apparently experiencing functional improvements thereafter. We discussed the case… Source