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Seeing with the eyes shut: neural basis of enhanced imagery following ayahuasca ingestion.

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de Araujo, Draulio B., Ribeiro, Sidarta, Cecchi, Guillermo A., Carvalho, Fabiana M., Sanchez, Tiago A., Pinto, Joel P., de Martinis, Bruno S., Crippa, Jose A., Hallak, Jaime E.C., Santos, Antonio C.·2012·Human Brain Mapping

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The hallucinogenic brew Ayahuasca, a rich source of serotonergic agonists and reuptake inhibitors, has been used for ages by Amazonian populations during religious ceremonies. Among all perceptual changes induced by Ayahuasca, the most remarkable are vivid "seeings." During such seeings, users report potent imagery. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging during a closed-eyes imagery task, we found that Ayahuasca produces a robust increase in the activation of several occipital, temporal, and frontal areas. In the primary visual area, the effect was comparable in magnitude to the activation levels of natural image with the eyes open. Importantly, this effect was specifically correlated with the occurrence of individual perceptual changes measured by psychiatric scales. The activity of cortical areas BA30 and BA37, known to be involved with episodic memory and the processing of contextual associations, was also potentiated by Ayahuasca intake during imagery. Finally, we detected a positive modulation by Ayahuasca of BA 10, a frontal area involved with intentional prospective imagination, working memory and the processing of information from internal sources. Therefore, our results indicate that Ayahuasca seeings stem from the activation of an extensive network generally involved with vision, memory, and intention. By boosting the intensity of recalled images to the same level of natural image, Ayahuasca lends a status of reality to inner experiences. It is therefore understandable why Ayahuasca was culturally selected over many centuries by rain forest shamans to facilitate mystical revelations of visual nature.

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Authors: de Araujo, D. B., Ribeiro, S., Cecchi, G. A., Carvalho, F. M., Sanchez, T. A., Pinto, J. P., de Martinis, B. S., Crippa, J. A., Hallak, J. E. C., & Santos, A. C.
Affiliations: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center (US)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (BR)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
ORCID: Ribeiro, Sidarta
Cecchi, Guillermo A.
Carvalho, Fabiana M.
Sanchez, Tiago A.
Pinto, Joel P.
Hallak, Jaime E.C.
Santos, Antonio C.
Venue: Human Brain Mapping
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-09-16
Volume: 33
Issue: 11
Pages: 2550-2560
ISSN: 1065-9471 (ISSN-L)
1097-0193
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21381
PMC: PMC6870240
OpenAlex: W2035391615
Cited by: 239
References: 43
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 6
FWCI: 7.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Human Brain Mapping (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Americanae (AECID Library) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (publishedVersion)
Funders: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychedelics and Drug Studies
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
Keywords: ayahuasca, hallucinations, visual imagery, serotonergic agonists, primary visual cortex, episodic memory, brain networks, shamanic rituals, mystical experience, hallucinogenic effects
MeSH terms: Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Hallucinations, Hallucinogens, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neural Pathways, Banisteriopsis, Young Adult

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