Psilocybin repairs 'brains cells damaged by depression' in mice: study
(I work in healthcare) There is something very odd or perhaps magical about these agents. I don’t really understand why they exist. What purpose do they serve to the mushroom? And how is it that similar agents exist in fungi, plants (ayehuasca) and amphibians (DMT from toad venom)? And also how do they produce such dramatic effects (generally beneficial when used judiciously) in humans with seemingly very little toxicity? There are basically no other molecules like this in the biosphere.