Study Reveals How the Body, Brain, and Consciousness Change During Ayahuasca Consumption

22/06/2026

Ayahuasca is a powerful Amazonian brew known to induce profound effects, including the so-called ego dissolution-a temporary alteration in the usual sense of self or personal identity. But how does it produce these effects? An international study led by the Applied Metabolomics Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB) has shown that the experience arises through a complex coordination between the body, the brain, and consciousness itself. The findings have been published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany also participated in the study.

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