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Neuropeptides are created by neurons in the brain and stored in the cell vesicles “waiting for the right electro-physical events that will release it.”
In a 2021 study titled "The neuro-anatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis," researchers sought to uncover more precisely the neuroanatomical basis for specific acupoints.
A biofilm is a protective and dynamic matrix created by bacteria and fungi mainly but is advantageous to other infecting agents.
As early as 2006, researchers examined the association between atopy, markers of impaired folate (the natural form of vitamin B9) metabolism and dietary intake of B vitamins.
Brain fog has been reported by patients recovering from a COVID-19 infection. A 2020 study of 29 patients found a relationship between decreased short term cognitive functions and “inflammatory profiles”
And while acknowledging the role of hormones and external influences on skin health, researchers proposed that the drivers of aging skin cells are “reduced energy metabolism, higher mitochondrial oxidative stress and pronounced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions.”
Age spots or dark patches in the skin known as hyperpigmentation are caused by an excess of melanin. What is melanin and what contributes to its production?
A highly significant feature of the glymphatic system, researchers stress, is the fact that “it functions mainly during sleep and is largely disengaged during wakefulness.”
Swedish pharmacologist and neuroscientist Arvid Carlssont discovered in 1957 that dopamine was concentrated in the basal ganglia, the portion of the brain that controls movement.
Early on, it was assumed that because humans do not have a shikimate enzyme pathway, we would be little impacted by the herbicide. It turns out, though, that bacteria in the human gut do have this pathway.