Hallucinogen activates mysterious receptor
Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 20:42
in Biology & Nature
A hallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to South America and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysterious protein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have discovered. read more
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