Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Improvement of cognitive functions by oral intake of <i>Hericium</i><i> erinaceus </i>

Yuusuke SAITSU, Akemi Nishide, Kenji Kikushima, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Koichiro Ohnuki
Biomedical Research Summary & key facts 2019 74 citations

In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, people took supplements containing the mushroom Hericium erinaceus for 12 weeks. The researchers gave three mental tests and found that only the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) showed a statistically significant improvement and less decline in the group taking the mushroom. The authors say compounds…

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