Rick Strassman

How do you say no to that?

How do you say no to that?

How do you say no to that?

What was the background with your melatonin research?

What was the background with your melatonin research?

What was the background with your melatonin research?

Yeah, I learned recently that melatonin is created through this thing called melanopsin, which is a chemical or not a chemical, but it's a hormone that is created through your eyes. So like when you wake up early and you watch the sunrise, your eyes produce this chemical called melanopsin or a hormone called melanopsin, which is converted to melatonin, which regulates your circadian rhythm.

Yeah, I learned recently that melatonin is created through this thing called melanopsin, which is a chemical or not a chemical, but it's a hormone that is created through your eyes. So like when you wake up early and you watch the sunrise, your eyes produce this chemical called melanopsin or a hormone called melanopsin, which is converted to melatonin, which regulates your circadian rhythm.

Yeah, I learned recently that melatonin is created through this thing called melanopsin, which is a chemical or not a chemical, but it's a hormone that is created through your eyes. So like when you wake up early and you watch the sunrise, your eyes produce this chemical called melanopsin or a hormone called melanopsin, which is converted to melatonin, which regulates your circadian rhythm.

And I guess the melatonin kicks in really heavy 12 hours after that first light enters your eyes or your retina.

And I guess the melatonin kicks in really heavy 12 hours after that first light enters your eyes or your retina.

And I guess the melatonin kicks in really heavy 12 hours after that first light enters your eyes or your retina.

Can you find that, Steve? Find out the connection between melanopsin and melatonin. Because I might be getting that wrong, but I could have sworn that was the way Alexis explained it to us.

Can you find that, Steve? Find out the connection between melanopsin and melatonin. Because I might be getting that wrong, but I could have sworn that was the way Alexis explained it to us.

Can you find that, Steve? Find out the connection between melanopsin and melatonin. Because I might be getting that wrong, but I could have sworn that was the way Alexis explained it to us.

Yeah, yeah, sure. All right, we're back. So to clear up the melanopsin thing, it's a photopigment that belongs in the opsin family that basically... it suppresses melatonin for 12 hours after it's created in the eye. And I think it has something to do with sunlight. Oh, blue visible light, yeah. So the short wavelengths of blue light from the sun.

Yeah, yeah, sure. All right, we're back. So to clear up the melanopsin thing, it's a photopigment that belongs in the opsin family that basically... it suppresses melatonin for 12 hours after it's created in the eye. And I think it has something to do with sunlight. Oh, blue visible light, yeah. So the short wavelengths of blue light from the sun.

Yeah, yeah, sure. All right, we're back. So to clear up the melanopsin thing, it's a photopigment that belongs in the opsin family that basically... it suppresses melatonin for 12 hours after it's created in the eye. And I think it has something to do with sunlight. Oh, blue visible light, yeah. So the short wavelengths of blue light from the sun.

So what... made you decide to publish this book all about your personal experiences with psychedelics. Oh, right. My Altered States.

So what... made you decide to publish this book all about your personal experiences with psychedelics. Oh, right. My Altered States.