Applied Research Through DMT
Altered Reality · Autonoetic Reflection
Daily Field Notes on emerging psychedelic research, plus long-form essays on pharmacology, policy, ethics, and the cultures that grew these compounds. Written by Stephen Page — independent, evidence-led.
Essays
Long-form work
Comprehensive, referenced essays intended to stand as canonical references on their subject. New essays appear rarely; each takes weeks to write.
Featured Essay · 54 min read
Endogenous DMT in Humans: A Critical Review of the State of the Evidence
A critical review of the evidence, the inferences drawn from it, and the limits of cross-species extrapolation: detection, biosynthesis, function and psychoactive sufficiency .
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The Net That Holds the Brake: How One Dose of Psilocybin Quiets the Brain's Drive Toward Reward
A single injection, two days of silence, and then a measurable change in how much rats wanted what they used to want most — traced down to one inhibitory cell type wrapped in structural netting in the prefrontal cortex.