--- On Mon, 7/21/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man!
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:05 PM
> --- 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.
What frat did you live in. I was in 152, the silent frat....what ever the hell
that meant! The hot women were in frat 150. This is the early days at MIU
'74-'76
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> > --- 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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