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...
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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...
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...