PLNTPTH 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Marsh Chapel Experiment, Psilocybe Cubensis, Concord Prison Experiment
2 Apr 2017
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Guest speaker for today is jason c. slot (slot. 1@osu. edu) from the department of plant pathology. Exam that is on friday of next week acc. to syllabus is being pushed back! This lecture is not included in the quiz on monday, but it will be on the exam. A change program for adult offenders using psilocybin. At the height of the protests against the vietnam war, in 1971, richard nixon declared all (non-alcohol, non-prescribed, non-tobacco) drugs public enemy number one. When psilocybin reaches your bloodstream, it is converted into psilocin. Psilocin mimics serotonin (5-ht) in your brain, which mimics bufotenin (toads) Decrease in blood-flow to hub regions of brain is associated with the intensity of subjective effects of psilocybin. Under psilocybin infusion, there are more frequent and stronger connections between groups of interacting neurons. Nobody really knows why they turn blue. They are very widespread in the evolutionary history of forming fungi.
