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The Whole Planet View

By Rosalind Watts, Sam Gandy, Alex Evans — 2019

Psychedelics offer a sense of expansive connectedness, just like astronauts have felt looking back to Earth from space.

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Microglia: A New Target in the Brain for Depression, Alzheimer’s, and More?

As a science journalist whose niche spans neuroscience, immunology, and human emotion, I knew at the time that it didn’t make scientific sense that inflammation in the body could be connected to — much less cause — illness in the brain.

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The Tiny Brain Cells that Connect Our Mental and Physical Health

A new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body and brain function are completely independent.

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Rapid Antidepressant Effects of the Psychedelic Ayahuasca Linked to Changes in Inflammatory Biomarkers

The antidepressant effects of the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca appear to be related to anti-inflammatory activity, according to new research from scientists in Brazil.

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