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Re:“Awakenings” in Advanced Dementia Patients Hint at Untapp... by Fr0styMatt88 on Saturday August 03, 2019 @01:26AM (#20598826)
My first thought was "I wonder if it's caused by a release of DMT?" [1] [2]. Interesting research ahead for sure.

[1] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.0142...

[2] https://beckleyfoundation.org/2017/07/05/do-our-brains-produ...

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Re:“Awakenings” in Advanced Dementia Patients Hint at Untapp... by svjatoslav on Sunday August 04, 2019 @05:19AM (#20605356)
Exactly !!! Someone should notify this team or others in the field. I think DMT controls neurons sensitivity (trigger happiness). In high amounts one gets hallucinations. But for vegetative patients low amount of DMT might restore brain activity to normal level.
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Re:“Awakenings” in Advanced Dementia Patients Hint at Untapp... by svjatoslav on Sunday August 04, 2019 @06:39AM (#20605619)
I shared DMT idea to Lydia (article author).
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