Hypothalamus Inflammation Caused by Diet
A high fat diet or high caloric intake can activate inflammatory mediators leading to hypothalamic inflammation. Inflammation of the hypothalamus resulti...
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High-fat Diets Do More Than Cause Weight Gain
Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Metabolic Syndrome encompasses several risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, including high blood pressure, impaire...
How Does a High Fat Diet Correlate with Hypothalamic Inflammation?
How the body controls and regulates healthy eating There are two primary neurons that send signals to our brain to either start eating or stop eating, which ma...
Metabolic syndrome and Obesity 101
Metabolic syndrome and obesity have become pressing health concerns worldwide, affecting millions of individuals across all age groups. Even Though these condit...
The Impact of Concussions on the Brain
Picture 1: Impact to the brain[1]. Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury(mTBI) is something that is prevalent, especially within sports, and something qui...
Importance of research on mental illness
Mental illness remains a serious challenge in our society, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. From depression and anxiety to schizophrenia and bipolar...
FRAGILE! Your Brain Needs Time to Repair Itself
Artstract made in Canva Concussions are well understood by some, usually those who have had a concussion or been in concussion prone settings like sports, but n...
Protect Your Head: Discussion on Concussions
Traumatic Brain Injuries Concussions are brain injuries that happen when your head is hit and can affect the way the brain works. Symptoms include headaches, hy...
Concussions and TBI
Concussions/ mild TBIs are injuries of the brain that result in a harmful metabolic cascade of events within the neural tissue. These injuries are due to direct...
Comorbidities With Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
What is a mild traumatic brain injury and how do they happen? Mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are also referred to as concussions. They occur due to not on...