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Understanding nature’s effects on stress requires more than intuition
A recent study investigated how nature walks impact brain regions involved in stress responses but trips on its own assumptions
#220 ‒ Ketamine: Benefits, risks, and promising therapeutic potential | Celia Morgan, Ph.D.
“You could time your psychological therapy when your brain is most plastic, most able to learn new things.” —Celia Morgan
#215 – The gut-brain connection | Michael Gershon, M.D.
“The reason I call it “The Second Brain” is that, like the brain in the head, the nervous system of the gut is able to function and control reflexes and behavior independently of any influence from the brain or spinal cord.” —Michael Gershon
Low LDL cholesterol and neural development
Why LDL-lowering treatments don’t pit head against heart
#190 – Paul Conti, M.D.: How to heal from trauma and break the cycle of shame
“Trauma changes the instrument that we use to understand our trauma. It’s changing our brain.” —Paul Conti
#182 – David Nutt: Psychedelics & Recreational Drugs
“It turns out that the drugs that have been most vilified and which we’ve been taught are the most dangerous, turned out to be the least dangerous.” —David Nutt
Does low cholesterol cause cognitive impairment? Part II
Safety of lipid-lowering therapy
Does low cholesterol cause cognitive impairment? Part I
Safety of lipid-lowering therapy
#147 – Hussein Yassine, M.D.: Deep dive into the “Alzheimer’s gene” (APOE), brain health, and omega-3s
“What’s important is in science, you always have to be skeptical and you always need to find whether any particular study can be replicated or not before you make strong recommendations and adopt any drastic change and how you are consuming certain things, whether it’s a medication or a diet or a supplement.” — Hussein Yassine, M.D.
#112 – Ned David, Ph.D.: How cellular senescence influences aging, and what we can do about it
“What you see in these diseases of aging is often the sort of unintended consequences of a system that was absolutely awesome for the young, at the expense of the old.” — Ned David