But, as our study demonstrates, this Amazonian sacred plant has the potential to be used safely and effectively to treat even the hardest to treat depression.
Luís Fernando Tófoli is a professor of psychiatry at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Dráulio Barros de Araújo is a professor at the Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).
Fernanda Palhano-Fontes is a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil).
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