The Silent Saboteur: How Brain Inflammation Could Be Fueling the Obesity Epidemic
For decades, we’ve pointed fingers at willpower and calories in the battle against obesity. Eat less. Move more. Sounds simple, right? But what if we̵...
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It’s about time you’ve met your metabolism
The article we have covered in a previous week, “Hypothalmic inflammation in obesity and metabolic disease” by Alexander Jais and Jens C. Brüning was an article...
Rewire Your Metabolism: How Healthy Fats Heal Insulin and Leptin Resistance
Figure 1: Illustrates how brain inflammation contributes to leptin and insulin resistance, with unsaturated fats helping to reduce inflammation and improve meta...
Your Brain on Fat: Why Hypothalamic Inflammation Matters
Most of us know that a high-fat, high-sugar diet can lead to weight gain. Many people are aware of how obesity is linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and ...
Pattern Separation in the Dentate Gyrus
Figure 1. Impact of stress and anxiety on pattern separation. Created by Sharleen Mtesa. The image shows a brain with disrupted signals and emotional shadows, s...
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...
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 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...