January 5, 2008 by udim
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is the alleged molecule that the brain produces during REM sleep that causes us to dream. Rogan claims in the video below that sleep is a psychedelic experience and that taking DMT allows you to experience that. One side-effect is that, just like regular dreams, you quickly forget the experience once it’s over.
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ha, i had heard the audio for this only thusfar, awesome that its been put to video +1
I heard this back in ‘06. He’s obviously misinterpreted Strassman’s theories as scientific fact, a big no-no in the face of pure science. The problem is, INMT is the enzyme responsible for methylating endogenous tryptamine, and it isn’t expressed in the brain. The pineal gland? Ha! no.
DMT does bind g-coupled TA receptors, and 5HT, in the brain, but it isn’t produced there.
and forget about the dubious distinction that DMT is “the most potent psychedelic known to man”. that would be LSD.
sorry, mr rogan. you should stick to comedy; a pharmacologist you are not.