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Scientists in Hungary believe DMT may enable brain cells to survive when oxygen is cut off. Zerbor/Shutterstock
White lights and mystical experiences are often reported by patients who die and are brought back to life. Though scientists have never fully been able to explain this phenomenon, it has regularly been suggested that it may be caused by the release of an intensely hallucinogenic molecule called N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) during death.
Published on November 10, 2015 13:55