MAPS: Journal of ethnopharmacology

[Harry Sumnall <spun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Forum,

Does anyone know anything about this article which i was 
alerted to. The library here does not stock this journal 
and before i treck to the British Library I was wondering 
if anyone out there could help i.e abstracts, findings, 
methodology,URL etc etc..

(4)   TI: Ayahoasca: an experimental psychosis that mirrors the 
          transmethylation hypothesis of schizophrenia
      AU: Pomilio_AB, Vitale_AA, CiprianOllivier_J, CetkovichBakmas_M, 
          Gomez_R, Vazquez_G
      JN: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, 1999, Vol.65, No.1, pp.29-51

I'm intrigued because it seems that human models of 
'psychosis' utilising entheogenic/psychedelic compunds are 
slowly beginning to emerge from the literature after a 
rather prolonged sleep. Endogenous production of 
hallucinogens is something I'm very interested in since 
reading about James Callaway's PhD work on the pineal 
gland.
 I know most attention has been on the 
non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonists but it seems now 
that any compound producing a profound non-ordinary state 
of consciousness is being used in this manner. 
'Psychotomimetic' use may become the norm in mainstream 
literature rather than the explorative use.....

Thanks

Harry 

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