Nanoparticles Enter One's Brain Via Olfactory Bulb

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Nanoparticles Enter One's Brain Via Olfactory Bulb

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 11, 2004 @07:06PM from the bulb-control-for-the-brain dept.

MO-411 writes "An article in Nature News briefly looks at nanoparticles' entry into the brains of lab rats. The fascinating point is that the 35-nanometer particles entered via the olfactory passageways. Scientist confirmed this via plugging one side of the a rats nose. This is significant, as Ken Donaldson, a toxicologist at the University of Edinburgh, UK says. 'I would never have thought of looking for inhaled nanoparticles in the brain.' Think about it -- everything from kitty litter to wallboard dust is likely ending up inside the one's brain, circumventing the blood/brain barrier and all its protections. It also makes for an interesting delivery mechanism for other substances..."

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Does this mean... by Molina+the+Bofh · 2004-01-11 19:13 · Score: 4, Funny

...that I'll be able to inhale caffeine ?

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1. Re:Does this mean... by Patrik_AKA_RedX · 2004-01-11 23:53 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  if it isn't illegal, it isn't fun. Ever heard of someone who had a good time sniffing salt or pepper?
2. Re:Does this mean... by Molina+the+Bofh · 2004-01-12 01:45 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Nope, but I already heard of someone who had a good time making others sniffing pepper.
  
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rack it up by wolfywolfy · 2004-01-11 19:39 · Score: 2, Funny

some of us already knew about using the nasal passage to get 'small particles' across the blood-brain barrier . . ;)

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Yikes by Alita · 2004-01-11 19:44 · Score: 0, Funny

Now I understand why Microsoft is installing software into our cars.

Mind-control exhaust fumes.
this would explain... by austad · 2004-01-11 20:47 · Score: 2, Funny

...why some people have shit for brains.

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Yikes by Curtman · 2004-01-11 23:05 · Score: 3, Funny

Next time someone farts near me they're liable to get a swift fist to the face.
Re:Feature by Patrik_AKA_RedX · 2004-01-11 23:59 · Score: 4, Funny

That's impossible. If God was like Bill Gates we wouldn't be able to get along without oftenly violently crashing into eachother, the world would be littered with bugs, sometime the weather would be so fucked up that houses collapse under it, and most of the religion wouldn't make sense.
Wait a minute...
so that's why by bluethundr · 2004-01-12 03:48 · Score: 2, Funny

Think about it -- everything from kitty litter to wallboard dust is likely ending up inside the one's brain,

So that must be why I've been scratching up the furniture, licking myself and pissing to "mark my territory". One side benefit (other than the obvious one of licking oneself) is that I've been saving a TON of money on food!

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Avoid smelly men's rooms from now on by Hoi+Polloi · 2004-01-12 06:50 · Score: 2, Funny

If your brain picks up what you smell then this proves that my brain truly is full of shit!

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ok now lets get to the real question... by shaitand · 2004-01-12 12:07 · Score: 3, Funny

If the ladies can no longer breath through their noses, how does this bode for oral sex?

Am I the only one who is concerned that replacement females could become scarce if they are dying left and right from lack of oxygen?

This is a serious issue, perhaps we should just keep this bit of research to ourselves gentlemen.