The exact way that psilocybin, the hallucinogen chemical found in magic mushrooms, works on the brain is poorly understood. However, recent research suggests it can actually change the way brain ...

Brain scans suggest psilocybin, found naturally in 'magic' mushrooms, can 'rewire the brain', scientists say. This effect may underscore the drug's potential, alongside therapy, as an antidepressant, ...

For depression, magic mushrooms may indeed be magic. Over the past decade, a slew of pioneering trials found that just one or two doses of psilocybin, the main component in magic mushrooms, rapidly ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the map of a typical human brain, and this is the map of a brain on psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms. All those new ...