RESEARCH BASE

Search 3,721 documents across 34 fields — every claim tier-rated by evidence

3,721 Documents 34 Sections 43,625 Citations 34,852 Keywords Indexed 4 Evidence Tiers

3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.

3,279 results for "ion channel" — page 87 of 164

Y_2_11 Verified Altered States

Y_2_11 — Déjà Vu and Anomalous Memory Experiences

Déjà vu — from the French "already seen" — is the subjective, compelling sensation that a present experience has been previously encountered, despite the experiencer's knowledge that the situation is objectively novel. F

déjà vu anomalous memory temporal lobe familiarity recollection dual-process theory
Y_3_19 Credible Altered States

Y_3_19 — Kundalini Scientific Research

Kundalini — described in Hindu and yogic traditions as a dormant spiritual energy coiled at the base of the spine that can be awakened through meditation, yoga, or spontaneously, rising through the chakra system to produ

kundalini kundalini awakening yoga energy shakti chakra
Y_3_11 Verified Altered States

Y_3_11 — Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

Biofeedback is the process of using real-time monitoring of physiological signals — heart rate, muscle tension, skin conductance, brainwave patterns — to train voluntary control over processes normally considered involun

biofeedback neurofeedback EEG biofeedback brain-computer interface operant conditioning alpha training
Y_3_10 Verified Altered States

Y_3_10 — Fasting, Asceticism, and Altered Consciousness

Fasting and ascetic practices — deliberate deprivation of food, sleep, comfort, or sensory input — have been used across virtually all religious and spiritual traditions to induce altered states of consciousness, visions

fasting asceticism altered consciousness vision quest starvation ketosis autophagy
Y_3_20 Credible Altered States

Y_3_20 — Enlightenment Neuroscience: Satori, Samadhi & Mystical States

Enlightenment — known as satori or kensho in Zen Buddhism, samadhi in Hindu yogic traditions, fana in Sufism, theosis in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and unio mystica in the Western mystical tradition — refers to state

enlightenment satori samadhi mystical experience nondual awareness default mode network
Y_3_07 Credible Altered States

Y_3_07 — Music, Consciousness, and Altered States

Music is one of the most powerful modulators of conscious experience available without pharmacological intervention. Neuroimaging reveals that music engages an extraordinarily distributed network: auditory cortex (superi

music cognition music neuroscience chills frisson musical emotion default mode network music auditory cortex
Y_1_17 Verified Altered States

Y_1_17 — Ketamine Therapy and Dissociative Medicine

Ketamine — a dissociative anesthetic synthesized by Calvin Stevens at Parke-Davis in 1962 and first used clinically by Edward Domino and Guenter Corssen in 1966 — has emerged as a revolutionary treatment for treatment-re

ketamine esketamine spravato depression treatment-resistant nmda-receptor
Y_1_03 Credible Altered States

Y_1_03 — Classical Antiquity Entheogens Synthesis

This document examines Classical Antiquity Entheogens Synthesis, a topic within the Consciousness research area. Key areas of investigation include Were Ancient Mediterranean Religions Entheogenic?, Why This Matters, The

entheogens psychedelics mystery religions Eleusinian Mysteries kykeon ergot
Y_1_05 Verified Altered States

Y_1_05 — Soma and Haoma — The Sacred Plant of Vedic and Avestan Ritual

Soma (Sanskrit: sóma) is the most celebrated sacred substance in the Vedic corpus — a pressed plant juice ritually offered to the gods and consumed by priests, praised in all 114 hymns of Rig Veda Mandala IX plus ~6 addi

Soma Haoma Rig Veda Mandala IX Avesta entheogen Amanita muscaria
Y_1_11 Verified Altered States

Y_1_11 — Ketamine: Dissociative Anesthetic and Consciousness Explorer

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic — first synthesized by Calvin Stevens in 1962 and introduced into clinical use by Edward Domino and Guenter Corssen (1966) — that has undergone a remarkable transformation from battl

ketamine dissociative anesthetic K-hole NMDA antagonist depression esketamine
Y_1_14 Credible Altered States

Y_1_14 — Toad Venom: Bufo alvarius, 5-MeO-DMT, and Desert Sacrament

Toad venom — specifically the venom of the Sonoran Desert toad (Incilius alvarius, formerly Bufo alvarius) — contains 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT), one of the most potent psychoactive tryptamines known, p

5-MeO-DMT Bufo alvarius Incilius alvarius toad venom Sonoran Desert toad bufotenine
Y_1_19 Credible Altered States

Y_1_19 — Ibogaine Reset Mechanism

Ibogaine — a naturally occurring psychoactive indole alkaloid extracted from the root bark of Tabernanthe iboga, a shrub native to the equatorial forests of Gabon and Cameroon — has emerged as one of the most pharmacolog

ibogaine iboga Tabernanthe iboga addiction opioid noribogaine
H_2_01 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_01 — Key Findings and Reliability Assessment

This is the capstone analysis document for the entire research project. It provides the quantitative and qualitative answer to the core question: Is the evidence overwhelmingly positive regarding ancient serpent beings a

reliability findings thesis evidence tier consensus
H_2_13 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_13 — Reproducibility in Archaeology: Method Reliability Assessment

Reproducibility — the ability of independent researchers to produce the same results using the same methods on the same or equivalent materials — is a cornerstone of scientific credibility. Yet archaeology faces unique c

reproducibility replication reliability method archaeology excavation
H_2_19 Speculative Suppression & Thesis

H_2_19 — Forbidden Archaeology — Cremo & Thompson Claims

Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race (1993, revised edition 1998, 914 pages), authored by Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson, is the most comprehensive compendium of anomalous archaeological a

Forbidden Archaeology Michael Cremo Richard Thompson human antiquity anomalous artifacts knowledge filter
H_2_05 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_05 — History Rewriting and Textbook Controversies

The rewriting of history through state-controlled textbooks and curricula is one of the most persistent and globally consequential forms of knowledge suppression. This document examines four major case studies: the "Lost

textbook controversies history rewriting usable past Lost Cause Confederate mythology Japan WWII textbooks
H_2_03 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_03 — Academic Gatekeeping, Paradigm Resistance, and the Sociology of Knowledge

Academic gatekeeping — the processes by which scientific communities control which ideas, methods, and practitioners gain legitimacy — is simultaneously essential to quality (filtering out error, fraud, and pseudoscience

gatekeeping paradigm Kuhn paradigm shift peer review publish or perish
H_2_16 Credible Suppression & Thesis

H_2_16 — Dissident Scientists: Careers Destroyed by Heterodox Views

The history of science includes numerous cases of researchers whose careers were damaged, marginalized, or destroyed because they advanced ideas that contradicted the prevailing scientific paradigm — ideas that were, in

dissident heterodox heresy career suppression paradigm
H_2_15 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_15 — Re-Dating Controversies: Sites Older Than Thought

The history of archaeology and prehistory is punctuated by re-dating controversies — cases where new evidence or improved dating technology revealed that sites, artifacts, or traditions were significantly older than prev

chronology re-dating radiocarbon luminescence older than thought Göbekli Tepe
H_2_14 Verified Suppression & Thesis

H_2_14 — Funding Bias in Science: Who Pays, Who Decides, What Gets Studied

Scientific research is shaped not only by curiosity and methodology but by who funds it — and funders' priorities, interests, and incentive structures systematically influence what questions get asked, what methods are u

funding bias research agenda corporate science grant system NIH NSF