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DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats
#18333022 - 05/28/13 12:12 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats
We’re excited to announce the acceptance for publication of a paper documenting the presence of DMT in the pineal glands of live rodents. The paper will appear in the journal Biomedical Chromatography and describes experiments that took place in Dr. Jimo Borjigin’s laboratory at the University of Michigan, where samples were collected. These samples were analyzed in Dr. Steven Barker’s laboratory at Louisiana State University, using methods that funding from the Cottonwood Research Foundation helped develop.
The pineal gland has been an object of great interest regarding consciousness for thousands of years, and a pineal source of DMT would help support a role for this enigmatic gland in unusual states of consciousness. Research at the University of Wisconsin has recently demonstrated the presence of the DMT-synthesizing enzyme as well as activity of the gene responsible for the enzyme in pineal (and retina). Our new data now establish that the enzyme actively produces DMT in the pineal.
The next step is to determine the presence of DMT in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the fluid that bathes the brain and pineal. CSF is a possible route for pineal-synthesized DMT to effect changes in brain function. Successfully establishing DMT’s presence in this gland adds another link in the chain between the pineal and consciousness and opens new avenues for research.
We thank those who have already donated to our advancement of the research in this field. We hope the recent developments will encourage you to donate to Cottonwood again, or for the first time, in order to continue this fascinating and intriguing line of research. When donating, please make sure you select “Pineal Project” as the specific project.
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: leon trout] 2
#18333029 - 05/28/13 12:13 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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now, who's gonna be first with the rat-brain extraction tek?..
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: leon trout]
#18333037 - 05/28/13 12:14 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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leon trout said: now, who's gonna be first with the rat-brain extraction tek?..
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: leon trout]
#18333091 - 05/28/13 12:27 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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leon trout said: now, who's gonna be first with the rat-brain extraction tek?..
haha maaan, i was joking with one of my friends the other day about this, i told him i would prolly get banned for requesting a tek like this or writing up a tek for this haha..
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: TheFourthEyE] 1
#18333189 - 05/28/13 12:48 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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So this is no longer just speculation? Awesome! But now I cant argue with people when they make the claim that DMT is produced in the brain
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: danlennon3]
#18333360 - 05/28/13 01:39 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's super awesome!
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: danlennon3]
#18333412 - 05/28/13 01:56 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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danlennon3 said: So this is no longer just speculation? Awesome! But now I cant argue with people when they make the claim that DMT is produced in the brain 
nobody said it was produced in the human brain.
some frogs produce 5-meo-dmt from their skin but i cant.
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Salomon]
#18333482 - 05/28/13 02:20 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is super rad! Excited to hear more about this and see what kind of new research will be done.
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Cosmic VOC]
#18333557 - 05/28/13 02:37 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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AMAZING! And done in my home state as well!
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But now I cant argue with people when they make the claim that DMT is produced in the brain
YES! Finally i can back up my "hypothesis's's'sssss" that everyone has been shooting down, there IS dmt in the pineal gland, AMAZING!!!
opens the doors even more for the quest to understand the spirit molecule
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: tealeaf]
#18333578 - 05/28/13 02:43 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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nobody said it was produced in the human brain.
your note about frogs is in reference to a defense mechanism the frogs evolved genetically to have to prolong survival. you havent developed that trait because your brain and body act as your genetic defense mechanism.
dmt may or not be a defense mechanism (we literally know NOTHING about it) but im taking the side that human pineal glands contain dmt and always will until its prove false.
i personally think its absurd that a rat would produce dmt enzymes to act in the functions of the brain/body and a human brain would not
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Salomon]
#18333634 - 05/28/13 02:54 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Salomon said:
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danlennon3 said: So this is no longer just speculation? Awesome! But now I cant argue with people when they make the claim that DMT is produced in the brain 
nobody said it was produced in the human brain.
some frogs produce 5-meo-dmt from their skin but i cant.
Yeah but that being said rats are suppose to very close to humans genetically while frogs are not (that's actually one of the main reasons why rats are always tested on). It's enough for me to believe now that the possibility of it being present in a human's brain could well be very likely, if it appears in the brain of one animal species why can't it appear in the brain of an other species especial one that is similarly to rats genetically and that has the same 'tool' (the pineal gland) that the rats use to produce it .
E: at the very least this is evidence that a pineal gland can be used to produce DMT
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: leon trout]
#18333778 - 05/28/13 03:23 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Woah we're getting there, to that solid proof. Interesting shit! Would make sense since melatonin is made in the pineal gland and that's what puts us to sleep...the deems makes us have the dreams, just maybeee!
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Jvells]
#18334131 - 05/28/13 04:45 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Read this online and had to pop over to the news section to see if this was already posted. Very neat. If it is within the rat pineal, then certainly certainly it can be produced in the mammalian brain. Interested to see the paper once it is published.
I saw a funny comment on the web under this article that said something like "Ban rats!"
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: leon trout]
#18334300 - 05/28/13 05:21 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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That's a nice article to come by when returning from a long journey!
I hope all of you guys are still doing OK 
Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait to read more on that next step 
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Simplepowa]
#18334446 - 05/28/13 05:42 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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i just saw this on my facebook feed... do you guys have any reason to believe this research/website is legit?
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: SurReality] 1
#18334598 - 05/28/13 06:00 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Extract of pineal. Let's just eat a big handful and see what happens.
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Magick]
#18334829 - 05/28/13 06:49 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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OMG people you can't go around saying humans have DMT there untill proved, otherwise it's a theory like marijuana can't kill you because it hasn't been proved in humans, yet the LD50 for a rat is 2.4g of dronabinol through an IV.
Everyone just stay calm (spun the movie was so good and what most of u sounded like lol)
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: dwpineal]
#18334838 - 05/28/13 06:52 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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dwpineal said: I saw a funny comment on the web under this article that said something like "Ban rats!"

It could be coming.
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: orison]
#18334852 - 05/28/13 06:55 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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leon trout said: now, who's gonna be first with the rat-brain extraction tek?..

My friend has a pet rat
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Re: DMT Found in the Pineal Gland of Live Rats [Re: Magick]
#18334861 - 05/28/13 06:57 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Magick said:

Extract of pineal. Let's just eat a big handful and see what happens.
that was adrenochrome.
Epinephrine, or Adrenaline is produced in the adrenal glands.
It only becomes Adrenochrome in-vitro.
No extractions in the near future 
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