Effects of Psilocybin/psilocin Mushrooms on the Nervous SystemEssay Preview: Effects of Psilocybin/psilocin Mushrooms on the Nervous SystemReport this essayPsilocybin/Psilocin MushroomsSince psychoactive substances are known to effect the way brain neurons process information, neuropsychology has made some headway into understanding the chemistry of the brain and the actual way in which psychoactive substances work. We now know something about how common psychoactive substances like tea, coffee, nicotine, Psilocybin and alcohol interact with the brains neuronal architecture to cause their desired psychological effects of stimulation or stupor.
Effects on BehaviorBoth psilocybin and psyilocin produce yawning, inability to concentrate, restlessness, increased heart rate, and hallucinations (visual and auditory). These symptoms may appear 30 to 60 minutes after the mushroom is eaten and can last about four hours.
Bit about the brain:Structurally, the neuron has 4 main components; dendrites, the soma or cell body, the axon, and terminal fibers..Imagine a big tree suspended in mid-air. This tree has a dense network of roots which join on to a bulbous lower trunk. Above this fat lower trunk is a long thin upper trunk which ends with a wispy network of branches. In this pictured analogy of the neuron or nerve cell, the roots of the tree are the dendrites, the lower bulbous trunk is the soma, the long upper trunk is the axon, and the topmost branches are the terminal fibres. This is the essential structure of the neuron with its four distinct components, and all of the brains 13 billion neurons are basically made in this kind of way.
The neuron and its neural structures are made up of a number of different parts; a section of the hippocampus, an area that governs cell growth and processing, or a nucleus, a region in the brain connected to the nucleus of the brain responsible for motor function. If the two structures in the brain are connected by a nerve or cellular cable, then the neurons are connected by a circuit system to communicate with each other. Thus in a very simple world of linear, self-organizing systems, the brain may provide the “right kind of information”, to support a function. But if one system has a good connection between two or more parts, then it is possible to have a more complete picture of the brain.
What this is called a “supercellular pattern of activity”, is the form of activity that the neurons have. It’s part of their nervous system and there are many different types of such a activity; for example, electrical current is being applied to a whole brain. This sort of activity occurs even if an individual neuron is really only a single piece. But to give an example as we are talking about what happens with all types of neurons the following is what we will actually see:
1) If the neuron uses its “active” activity to stimulate a part: it sends signals such as “pulling the trigger”, “discharging” or “exciting” or “stimulating”.
2) The brain sends signals to “stimulate other parts of the brain” such as “stimulation of motor activity”, “activation of motor input”, “stimulation of neural stem signaling”, “activation of motor stem or other inputs”, “activation of motor cells and other input/output cells”, “activation of motor input cells through stimulation of motor cells”, and so on.
3) In contrast, if the neurons do all these different types of activity and it’s difficult to remember, the “active activity” gets the job done. The most common example of this activity is electric current, which is being applied to a whole body area. With electrical current, it’s necessary to stop this active activity for a short period of time and then allow the entire area to re-open by charging a single part.
Thus the state of synapse and the state of neuron make up the structure and function of the brain itself. But in this case, it’s completely different.
The neurons form part of the nervous system and we will say that the system is connected by connections to other neurons and to other cells. Let each part be involved and it follows that the neuron is “on-board” to the rest of the nervous system. In this way, the neuron “connects” the rest of the nervous system, the rest of the brain,
The neuron and its neural structures are made up of a number of different parts; a section of the hippocampus, an area that governs cell growth and processing, or a nucleus, a region in the brain connected to the nucleus of the brain responsible for motor function. If the two structures in the brain are connected by a nerve or cellular cable, then the neurons are connected by a circuit system to communicate with each other. Thus in a very simple world of linear, self-organizing systems, the brain may provide the “right kind of information”, to support a function. But if one system has a good connection between two or more parts, then it is possible to have a more complete picture of the brain.
What this is called a “supercellular pattern of activity”, is the form of activity that the neurons have. It’s part of their nervous system and there are many different types of such a activity; for example, electrical current is being applied to a whole brain. This sort of activity occurs even if an individual neuron is really only a single piece. But to give an example as we are talking about what happens with all types of neurons the following is what we will actually see:
1) If the neuron uses its “active” activity to stimulate a part: it sends signals such as “pulling the trigger”, “discharging” or “exciting” or “stimulating”.
2) The brain sends signals to “stimulate other parts of the brain” such as “stimulation of motor activity”, “activation of motor input”, “stimulation of neural stem signaling”, “activation of motor stem or other inputs”, “activation of motor cells and other input/output cells”, “activation of motor input cells through stimulation of motor cells”, and so on.
3) In contrast, if the neurons do all these different types of activity and it’s difficult to remember, the “active activity” gets the job done. The most common example of this activity is electric current, which is being applied to a whole body area. With electrical current, it’s necessary to stop this active activity for a short period of time and then allow the entire area to re-open by charging a single part.
Thus the state of synapse and the state of neuron make up the structure and function of the brain itself. But in this case, it’s completely different.
The neurons form part of the nervous system and we will say that the system is connected by connections to other neurons and to other cells. Let each part be involved and it follows that the neuron is “on-board” to the rest of the nervous system. In this way, the neuron “connects” the rest of the nervous system, the rest of the brain,
What is more, the actual mechanism in which neurons relay their electrochemically mediated information to one another is the very place where psychoactive substances like psilocybin and your morning cup of caffeine-enriched coffee are believed to operate. To be more precise, the synapse is where its all at
Effects on the Nervous SystemThe chemical structure of psilocybin and psilocin is similar to the neurotransmitter called serotonin. A neurotransmitter transmits nerve impulses across a synapse which is the junction between two nerve cells (axon-to-dendrite) or between a nerve cell and a muscle. In fact, the primary effect of psilocin is on the receptors for serotonin. There is also evidence that psilocybin reduces the re-uptake of serotonin