Sam Gandy, PhD Candidate, University of Aberdeen
A look at how ayahuasca affects the brain in terms of pharmacological activity, on different receptor sites, differing brain regions, how it affects brain waves, and importantly how it may influence neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, and the implications this could have for depression and addiction. While looking at this zoomed in perspective, the zoomed out perspective looking at human personality change will be linked to this and also be examined…what implications does ayahuasca use have for people and society at large, via an examination of all levels it imparts effects, to the very micro to the very macro in scale.
