Olfactory influences on mood and autonomic, endocrine, and immune function

Olfactory influences on mood and autonomic, endocrine, and immune function.

Despite aromatherapy's popularity, efficacy data are scant, and potential mechanisms are controversial. This randomized controlled trial examined the psychological, autonomic, endocrine, and immune consequences of one purported relaxant odor (lavender), one stimulant odor (lemon), and a no-odor control (water), before and after a stressor (cold pressor); 56 healthy men and women were exposed to...

Response to Letter to the Editor regarding "Olfactory influences on mood and autonomic, endocrine, and immune function"

We appreciated your request to respond to the critique about our recent olfactory study (Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 2008) from Kamyar M. Hedayat, MD, FAAP (Attending, Center for Complimentary Medicine, Attending, Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Advocate Lutheran Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, President and Chief Medical Officer, Aroma MD, LLC) and Michael Tsifansky, MD (Atte...

compactifications and function spaces on weighted semigruops

chapter one is devoted to a moderate discussion on preliminaries, according to our requirements. chapter two which is based on our work in (24) is devoted introducting weighted semigroups (s, w), and studying some famous function spaces on them, especially the relations between go (s, w) and other function speces are invesigated. in fact this chapter is a complement to (32). one of the main fea...

Influences of Aging on Human Olfactory Function

Immune and endocrine function in burnout syndrome.

OBJECTIVE Burnout is a stress-induced work-related syndrome. It is associated with a higher incidence of infections possibly pointing to a compromised immune system. In the present study, endocrine and ex vivo immune function of severe cases of burnout were investigated. METHODS Endocrine and immune variables were compared in 56 persons with burnout and 38 healthy control subjects. Cortisol a...