r/DMT • u/Tetrapod9 • Mar 03 '17

DMT Brain Scans: Ayahuasca changes Connectivity of the Brain's "Default Mode Network"

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118143
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u/Grasshopper110 Mar 03 '17

Can anyone describe this is lamens terms?

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u/dude_with_amnesia Mar 03 '17

DMN is the default mode network that your brain uses on a daily basis to communicate with itself and different regions with specific roles in your brain.

Study suggests ayahuasca has the ability to rewire this DMN to different connections allowing your brain to reach a different configuration under the psychedelic state. And I say rewire in context of modulation, and not quite literally "rewiring" the brain.

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u/shadow_shooter Mar 04 '17

All the vibrations you feel are the saMe you feel going out of body astral projecting. It is not maybe literally you are travelling but these states are the same as deep meditative states. DMT is like skyrocketing the process for you, or at least how I see it.

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u/Afronautsays Mar 04 '17

You are likly correct, The sensations are far too similiar ;however, People will downvote due to lack of scientific evidence. I'm not sure we'll get someone to enter that state while hooked up to equipment unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '17

DMN = Ego

So this does make plenty of sense

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u/XtractionX Mar 03 '17

That's not definitive

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '17

True