The Cause of Obesity is Not What You Think
Artstract made by Eli Hunt with ChatGPT If you were to ask people what they think causes obesity, many people would probably say it is a personal choice to eat ...
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The Broken Thermostat: How Obesity Rewires Your Brain
When we talk about obesity, we usually don’t instantly think about the brain. Primary areas of concern usually consist of the heart, the joints, and the ...
More than the Munchies: How Cannabinoids Rewire Hunger in the Brain
Feature Image from Pexels Our relationship with food intake and satiety is a complex system in the brain. Appetite is tightly regulated by a network of signals ...
Why Traumatic Memories Stick
We’ve been struggling to name what trauma does to the mind for a long time. Civil War soldiers called it “soldier’s heart...
When the Brain Won’t Let Go: Understanding PTSD
Featured image created by Julia Wolf and Microsoft CoPilot The Science of PTSD Not all stress is processed the same way by the brain. While many experiences are...
PTSD: A Historical Advantage Turned to a Modern Day Demon
Artstract created by: Eli Hunt through use of Google Gemini Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental health condition caused by experienci...
When Abstaining Isn’t Enough: Psychostimulants and the Brain
Out of the various brain-related afflictions discussed in these posts, addiction is unique in that it doesn’t arise from faulty wiring, but ...
Antipsychotics: A Balance of Safety and Comfort
Schizophrenia is one of the hardest mental conditions to treat and it can often be difficult to get patients to comply with a medication regiment. This is due t...
The Tangled Web: Comorbidities, Wnt Signaling, and the Complexity of Schizophrenia
Comorbidities Schizophrenia almost never arrives alone. In clinical practice, psychiatric comorbidities are usually th...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: On the Rise?
For anyone paying attention to our modern day political atmosphere, it would seem that autism gets mentioned quite regularly. Stemming back from the initial 199...