6-MeO-isoDMT, or 6-OMe-isoDMT, also known as 6-methoxy-''N'',''N''-dimethylisotryptamine, is a

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5-HT_2A receptor

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, putative

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, and

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of the

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group. It is the isotryptamine analogue of the psychedelic

5-MeO-DMT 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine), also known as ''O''-methylbufotenin or mebufotenin (), is a naturally occurring psychedelic of the tryptamine family. It is found in a wide variety of plant species, and is also secreted by ...

and is a

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of the non-hallucinogenic psychoplastogen 5-MeO-isoDMT. The drug has been found to substitute for DOM and hence to produce

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-like effects in animal

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tests. However, it has greatly reduced hallucinogenic potential in terms of the

head-twitch response The head-twitch response (HTR), also sometimes known as wet dog shakes (WDS) in rats, is a rapid side-to-side head movement that occurs in mice and rats in association with serotonin 5-HT2A receptor activation. Serotonergic psychedelics like lys ...

, a behavioral proxy of psychedelic effects, compared to 5-MeO-DMT. It has even been described as "non-hallucinogenic" in at least one publication, although this does not strictly seem to be true. Conversely, 6-MeO-isoDMT has comparable psychoplastogenic

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and effects compared to 5-MeO-DMT. These effects are blocked by the serotonin 5-HT_2A receptor

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. Certain analogues of 6-MeO-isoDMT, like

isoDMT isoDMT, also known as ''N'',''N''-dimethylisotryptamine, is a putatively non-hallucinogenic serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonist and psychoplastogen of the isotryptamine group. It is the isotryptamine homologue of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a mor ...

, 5-MeO-isoDMT, and zalsupindole (DLX-001; AAZ-A-154; (''R'')-5-MeO-α-methyl-isoDMT), produce no head-twitch response at all and hence appear to be fully non-hallucinogenic, similarly to 6-MeO-DMT (the tryptamine analogue of 5-MeO-isoDMT). However, like 6-MeO-isoDMT, they retain potent psychoplastogenic effects. 6-MeO-isoDMT was first described in the

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by 1984. It was subsequently further characterized in 2020. Confusingly, the drug has been referred to as "5-MeO-isoDMT" (or rather "5-OMe-isoDMT") in some publications.

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