{"id":785,"date":"2020-11-15T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/?p=785"},"modified":"2024-10-26T19:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T01:35:01","slug":"ayahuasca-stimulates-neurogenesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/15\/ayahuasca-stimulates-neurogenesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayahuasca Stimulates Neurogenesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ayahuasca\" class=\"wp-image-786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A psychedelic Amazonian drink called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/brain\/ayahuasca-changes-way-brain-works-even-after-effects-wear-off\/\">ayahuasca<\/a>\u00a0has been found to promote the birth of new brain cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain that is largely responsible for memory and learning. While the brew has been used as a spiritual sacrament for thousands of years by indigenous communities, its role as a potential\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/health-and-medicine\/drinking-ayahuasca-can-increase-mindfulness-and-cognitive-flexibility-for-at-least-24-hours\/\">treatment for neurological and emotional disorders<\/a>\u00a0has caused a major spike in interest within the Western scientific community in recent years. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/brain\/ayahuasca-stimulates-neurogenesis-hippocampus-study-shows\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-spotlight wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/brain\/ayahuasca-stimulates-neurogenesis-hippocampus-study-shows\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Ayahuasca Stimulates Neurogenesis In The Hippocampus, Study Shows\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-4 vlp-link-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.iflscience.com\/images\/a825a9e8-4889-5733-9dd2-2cfecb4724bb\/default-1604926283-cover-image.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Ayahuasca Stimulates Neurogenesis In The Hippocampus, Study Shows<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">A psychedelic Amazonian drink called ayahuasca has been found to promote the birth of new brain cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain that is large<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-button\">Read More<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-url\">www.iflscience.com<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A psychedelic Amazonian drink called\u00a0ayahuasca\u00a0has been found to promote the birth of new brain cells in the hippocampus, a part of the brain that is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[28,27],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-medical","tag-psychedelic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ayahuaasca.jpg?fit=1100%2C619&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbo3A6-cF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idavey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}