A single injection of N,N-dimethyltryptamine, the psychedelic compound found in ayahuasca, reversed depression-like symptoms in chronically stressed mice, according to a peer-reviewed study published ...

One person’s recreational drug trip might be another’s mental health boost. Research out today finds that dimethyltryptamine, better known as DMT, could be effective at treating people’s depression.

For decades, the idea that the human brain might naturally produce the psychedelic compound DMT has attracted considerable attention. It has been speculated that DMT could function as a natural ...