The main psychoactive ingredient in shrooms is called psilocybin.

蘑菇中的主要精神活性成分是裸盖菇碱。

Right, but scientists with government permission are able to experiment with psilocybin.

对的，只有得到政府允许的科学家们才能够用裸草头碱做实验。

In a famous US study, 36 college educated participants were given psilocybin and observed in a laboratory.

在一项著名的美国研究中，36名受过大学教育的参与者服用裸盖菇碱并在实验室中接受观察。

Well, first, before answering the question, we need to be clear that psilocybin is an illegalsubstance.

首先，在回答这个问题之前，我们需要清楚的明白裸头草碱是一种非法物品。

Like ammonia, psilocybin and other psychoactive chemicals may just be an end product of the mushroom's metabolic activities.

像氨一样，裸盖菇素和其他精神活性化学物质可能只是蘑菇代谢活动的最终产物。

The main psychoactive ingredient in shrooms is call psilocybin.

蘑菇中的主要精神活性成分称为裸盖菇素。

Meanwhile, the research on psilocybin is also panning out.

与此同时，裸盖菇素的研究也正在蓬勃发展。

I regret doing LSD and psilocybin as a young person.

我后悔年轻时服用LSD和裸盖菇素。

So, again, this is not a plug for microdosing psilocybin.

因此，再次强调，这不是微剂量裸盖菇素的塞子。

Worldwide, more than 180 species of mushrooms produce psilocybin, likely as a defense strategy.

在世界范围内, 超过180种蘑菇产生裸盖菇素, 可能作为一种防御策略。

Or, more specifically, about psilocybin, the molecule that makes these mushrooms so special.

更确切地说，是关于裸盖菇素的，裸盖菇素是一种使这些蘑菇如此特别的分子。

Now, this is not a problem with LSD or psilocybin or MDMA.

现在，LSD、裸盖菇素或 MDMA 不再是问题。

There are far fewer studies of microdosing of psilocybin.

关于裸盖菇素微剂量的研究要少得多。

There's over 200 species of fungi that produce psilocybin, which makes them hallucinogenic.

有超过200种真菌能产生裸盖菇素，裸盖菇素能使它们产生幻觉。

They're also the reason that psilocybin is one of today's most talked-about drugs in certain medical circles.

这也是为什么裸盖菇素成为当今某些医学圈最受关注的药物之一的原因。

So it's not as though anyone whowants to become a nicer person can simply take a dose of psilocybin and be instantlytransformed.

所以并不是任何一个想把自己性格变好的人都能通过服用一定剂量的裸草头碱就立刻改变。

It also seems like, when it's combined with therapy, psilocybin can be pretty good at helping treat addiction too.

似乎，当它与治疗相结合时，裸盖菇素也可以很好地帮助治疗成瘾。

In mice, for example, psilocybin may actually be creating entirely new connections.

例如，在老鼠身上，裸盖菇素实际上可能会创造全新的连接。

Narrator: But perhaps most importantly, psilocybin increases connectivity among different regions of the brain.

旁白：但也许最重要的是，裸盖菇素可以增强大脑不同区域之间的连通性。

These researchers reared insects from the Sciaridae, a family of flies known as dark-winged fungus gnats on mushrooms containing psilocybin and non-hallucinogenic species.

这些研究人员在含有裸盖菇素和非致幻物种的蘑菇上饲养了来自尖眼蕈蚊科类属的昆虫，这是一种被称为黑翅菌蚋的苍蝇家族。