Brain-Body Connection in Obesity
Recently, hypothalamic inflammation has been linked to obesity. The evidence suggests a high fat diet leads to brain inflammation, causing the uncoupling of foo...
Month: April 2025
The U.S. Diet’s Impact on High Obesity Rates
Obesity is common in the United States, with more than 1 in 5 people in the United States being obese. [1] The figure below represents that some areas of the U....
ADHD medication addiction properties
Figure 1: The Addiction Potential of ADHD MedicationsCreated by Sharleen Mtesa. This image shows the risk of addiction associated with ADHD medications w...
Why We Never Forget: How the Brain Builds Stressful Memories
Artstract Created by S. Mohamed Have you ever noticed how the most stressful or traumatic moments in life tend to stick with you forever? Maybe it was a car acc...
PTSD and C-PTSD: Memory Scars of Stress
Review of “Making memories of stressful events: a journey along epigenetic, gene transcription, and signaling pathways” by Johannes M. H. M. ReulThe article by...
Stress: The Memory That Sticks
Original artstract by M. Shercliffe. We’ve all experienced moments of intense stress that seem burned into our memories, whether it’s a near-miss car accident, ...
Stress Leaves a Mark – Literally: Why the Way We Remember Trauma Matters
We all experience stress. And we all remember those moments when life seemed overwhelming—finals week, heartbreak, a fender bender, or worse. These memories sha...
I Can Only Stress the Importance
The article we have covered in a previous week, “Making Memories of Stressful Events: a journey along epigenetic, gene transcription, and signaling pathways” by...
Trauma’s Code: Stress Signals and the Epigenetic Blueprint
Trauma’s Code: Stress Signals and The Epigenetic Blueprint Stress is a universal human experience, yet its impact on the brain often goes unnoticed. It leaves a...
The Stress-Memory Puzzle: Why Studying the Human Brain Isn’t So Simple
Stress Enhances Some Memories—but Not Always It’s well-known that stressful events are often remembered more vividly than neutral ones. From an evolution...