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Title: | Daytime Ayahuasca administration modulates REM and slow-wave sleep in healthy volunteers |
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Author: | Barbanoj, Manel J.; Riba, J; Clos, S; Gimenez, S; Grasa, E; Romero Lafuente, Sergio |
Other authors: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Sistemes, Automàtica i Informàtica Industrial; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. SISBIO - Senyals i Sistemes Biomèdics |
Abstract: | Ayahuasca is a traditional South American psychoactive beverage and the central sacrament of Brazilianbased religious groups, with followers in Europe and the United States. The tea contains the psychedelic indole N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and β-carboline alkaloids with monoamine oxidase-inhibiting properties that render DMT orally active. DMT interacts with serotonergic neurotransmission acting as a partial agonist at 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A/2C receptor sites. Given the role played by serotonin in the regulation of the sleep/wake cycle, we investigated the effects of daytime ayahuasca consumption in sleep parameters. |
Subject(s): | -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ciències de la salut -Ayahuasca. -Drogues -- Aspectes psíquics -Drogues -Neurologia |
Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
Document type: | Article - Published version Article |
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