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[edit] My personal belief

Manna is teonanactl, they are one and the same. I view serotonin to be more of a hallucinogen than psilocin, because with serotonin one is tricked into believing that the world is a much simpler place than it really is ;) Seek manna, God Bless.

[edit] Minor Correction

Although everyone spells it Psilocin technically there was a movement in the scientific community in the '70s to homoginize the naming structure of thes indoles (which are amines/alkaloid) by having an "e" at the end. I know this really is trivial as it essentially did not work we still spell it without the added "e" but in the science world is should officially be "psilocine" and "psiloybine"... I think we just don't like the way it looks though, I know I don'! (Compare mescaline, dimethyltryptamine these are amine <-- see the e?) I don't know it's all lame names for something much cooler.

[edit] neurochemistry?

Does anyone know the chemical action of psilocin once in the brain? Specifically which parts it affects (stimulation, inactivation, etc.) Sequoyah 07:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Like every other psychedelic hallucinogen it activates the 5-HT_2A serotonin receptors which are located on pyramidal cells of the cerebral cortex. Certain cortical areals, especially the prefrontal cortex, are stimulated by this mechanism and selective 5-HT_2A antagonists like ketanserin block the effects of hallucinogens in humans. See the studies by Franz X. Vollenweider and search Medline or Google using the keywords provided. Cacycle 16:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)