Quantificação neuronal no córtex cerebral de camundongos sob o uso do chá de Ayahuasca
Revista Neurociências September 30, 2014 Janille Santos Corrêa, Vanessa Almeida Amorin, Denismar Alves Nogueira et al. 2 citations
Ayahuasca, a psychoactive tea made from Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis and used in religious contexts, was tested for its effect on the number of neuronal cell bodies in the mouse cerebral cortex. Fifteen mice were divided into three groups: a control group given saline for 15 days, a group given a single dose of ayahuasca extract, and a group given the extract daily for 15 consecutive days (dose 30 mg/ml). Alkaloids were confirmed in the tea. Image analysis showed no difference in the quantity of cortical neuronal cell bodies between the control group and either experimental group. The tea, at the dose and duration used, caused no quantitative change in neuronal cell bodies in the mouse cerebral cortex.