Two companies trying to develop psychedelic medicines make a merger deal as the Trump administration has expressed support ...

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry suggests that the fast-acting psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT can reduce anxiety-like behavior in stressed mice while altering the expression of genes ...

a powerful psychedelic cousin of DMT that the Colorado River toad secretes through its glands. The researchers’ goal? To find out whether the two experiences overlapped—and, if so, whether DMT ...

DMT, known as the 'spirit molecule,' may explain dreams, near-death experiences and spiritual awakenings. Scientists explore DMT’s role in consciousness, linking it to mystical visions and life ...

To get the psychedelic, poachers squeeze the toad’s glands to secrete a milky toxin that contains 5-MeO-DMT, along with other molecules. Though the toad usually survives this process ...

N-dimethyltryptamine – is a relative of DMT. It is produced by various plant species and is also secreted from the skin of the Colorado river toad. The toad’s potentially toxic properties even ...

To get the psychedelic, poachers squeeze the toad’s glands to secrete a milky toxin that contains 5-MeO-DMT, along with other molecules. Though the toad usually survives this process ...

the Colorado River toad (also called the Sonoran desert toad) exudes 5-MeO-DMT, a hallucinogenic compound that discourages predators, from glands in its skin. Similar in structure to psilocybin ...

To deter predators, the Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius) exudes the toxin 5-MeO-DMT from glands within its skin. While the substance puts off predators, people who consume 5-MeO-DMT can ...

A colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius). The rarely seen amphibian is native to parts of Northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. Image: Vladimir Wrangel (Shutterstock) A potential ...

When frightened, Colorado river toads (Incilius alvarius) release a hallucinogenic compound related to the drug DMT from glands in their skin. DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, is similar in structure ...