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Increased frontal and paralimbic activation following ayahuasca, the pan-Amazonian inebriant

Riba J, Romero S, Grasa E, Mena E, Carrio I, Barbanoj MJ

Psychopharmacology (2006)

Neuroimaging study
Abstract

First neuroimaging SPECT study of ayahuasca. Found increased blood flow in frontal and paralimbic regions including anterior insula, anterior cingulate, and frontomedial cortex.

Participants15
Citations280
Study TypeNeuroimaging study
SPECTfrontal cortexparalimbiccerebral blood flow
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0358-7View on PubMed

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