--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow! Remember Primo incense? You either loved it or hated it. It was great for the frats at MIU when we first moved in to help cover the smell of rotting mice in the walls, especially during the winter. So I always associate Primo incense smell with rotting mouse flesh!
...and I will always associate the frats with the time I was sitting on the toilet one morning minding my own business and one of those mices ran across one of my feets. > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Break out the old "Primo" Insense man! > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43 AM > > (the question marks are an artifact of copying the email, > > sorry.) > > > > > > Incense Soothes the Minds of Mice … and Men? > > > > Scientists finds that brain-mood benefits lie behind the > > ancient > > spiritual use of incense > > by Craig Weatherby > > > > Spiritual seekers of all stripes have long employed > > incense as a > > soothing, renewing, inspiring balm for the soul. And scent > > scientists > > note that aromas light up the olfactory bulb … the > > only part of the > > human brain that extends beyond the skull. In this sense, > > they say > > that scents can literally change your mind. Now, > > biologists may have > > learned one reason why. An international team of > > researchers from the > > U.S. and Israel report that burning frankincense – > > resin from the > > ancient medicinal Boswellia plant – activates ion > > channels in the > > brain in ways known to alleviate anxiety and depression > > (Moussaieff A > > et al. 2008). > > Key Points > > > > Study in mice indicates how and why compounds in incense > > fumes > > alleviate anxiety and depression. > > > > Aromatic agent in Frankincense affected mouse brain areas > > involved in > > emotions and nerve circuits affected by anxiety/depression > > drugs. > > > > Frankincense agent also activated a protein that plays a > > role in the > > skin's perception of warmth. > > > > According to co-author Raphael Mechoulam, 'We found > > that incensole > > acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent … lowers > > anxiety and causes > > antidepressant-like behavior.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > When the researchers administered incensole acetate to > > mice, it > > significantly affected brain areas involved in emotions and > > nerve > > circuits affected by current anxiety and depression drugs. > > > > > > > > Specifically, incensole acetate activated a protein called > > TRPV3, > > which is present in mammalian brains and known to play a > > role in the > > perception of warmth of the skin. > > > > > > > > This finding suggests that relief from depression and > > anxiety – and > > possible sources of new drugs to combat these conditions > > – may lie in > > this ancient, aromatic element of myriad churches, temples, > > and yogi > > caves. > > > > > > > > As the authors wrote, 'Our results … may > > provide a biological basis > > for deeply rooted cultural and religious traditions.' > > > > > > > > Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB > > Journal, which > > published the study, made this comment in a press release: > > 'The discovery of how incensole acetate, purified from > > frankincense, > > works on specific targets in the brain should also help us > > understand > > diseases of the nervous system. This study also provides a > > biological > > explanation for millennia-old spiritual practices that have > > persisted > > across time, distance, culture, language, and religion > > — burning > > incense really does make you feel warm and tingly all > > over.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > Indeed, ancient tradition suggests that perfumed smoke may > > lift our moods. > > > > > > > > Before reaching for marginal, potentially problematic > > medicines like > > Prozac, it seems worth trying incense … plus > > omega-3s, exercise, > > positive thinking, and socializing! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sources > > > > Moussaieff A, Rimmerman N, Bregman T, Straiker A, Felder > > CC, Shoham S, > > Kashman Y, Huang SM, Lee H, Shohami E, Mackie K, Caterina > > MJ, Walker > > JM, Fride E, Mechoulam R. Incensole acetate, an incense > > component, > > elicits psychoactivity by activating TRPV3 channels in the > > brain. > > FASEB J. 2008 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] > > FASEB. Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the > > biology behind > > the ceremony. Accessed online July 12, 2008 at > > http://www.fasebj.org/Press_Room/07_101865_Press_Release.shtml > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
