/ Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /blog/exploring-psychedelics-within-us <p><span>Our bodies are pharmaceutical factories. From the hormones that regulate our blood sugar to the neurotransmitters that act as the body’s natural painkillers, these endogenous — produced within the body — chemicals ensure our functionality and survival.</span></p><p><span>But did you know that our bodies also naturally produce psychedelics?</span></p><p><span>In the 1950s, researchers found chemical signatures of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in mammalian bodies, including in humans.</span></p> October 21, 2024 - 3:00pm Andy Fell /blog/exploring-psychedelics-within-us /news/new-method-tracks-how-psychedelics-affect-neurons-minutes <p><span>Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed a rapid, noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated in the brain by psychedelic drugs. The protein-based tool, which is called Ca^2+-activated Split-TurboID, or CaST, is described in research published in </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02375-7"><span>Nature Methods</span></a><span>.&nbsp;</span></p> August 05, 2024 - 10:22am Andy Fell /news/new-method-tracks-how-psychedelics-affect-neurons-minutes