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“However, these highly controlled environments, combined with large doses of experimental foods, often limit the generalizability of mouse research for human health.”

“FTA: > An analysis of the genomes and epigenomes of lean and obese mice and humans has turned up a wealth of clues about how genes and the environment conspire to trigger diabetes, researchers say.”

“The most recent study showed that serotonin boosts plasticity by influencing a form of learning rate which helps adapt to a new situation. The older study showed that serotonin helps unlearn a previous behavior which helps adapt to a new environment.”

“The role bright light therapy may have in the amelioration of a variety of depressive disorders and how our modern relationships with screens that increase our light at night and office environments that reduce our light during the day may disrupt our natural biological rhythms to our detriment.”

“On the eighth day, the investigators transformed the participants' home into a dim-light environment by covering windows and installing low wattage light bulbs. Children entered the dim environment 4.5 hours before bedtime and the investigators measured their salivary melatonin levels every 20 to 30 minutes until one hour past bedtime.”

“FTA: >In the rodents that received the bacterial agent (and exhibited memory deterioration), the networks of neurons activated in the two environments were very similar, unlike those in the animals not given the agent (whose memories remained strong).”

“This slower iodide transport means that less iodide reaches the thyroid gland leading to lower thyroid hormone production. These findings suggest that perchlorate in the environment, even at low levels, can decrease the amount of iodide taken up by the thyroid gland.”

“This study (on 150 twin pairs) showed that the link between leg power and brain aging were not explained by genetics or shared environment. Additionally, other developmental, lifestyle and health measures indicated that reverse causation is not likely, and the effect is not likely to be mediated through frailty (as measured by telomere length), or disease.”

“00:32:49 - The association of later menopause and longer reproductive years with better telomere length in later life. 00:33:48 - The emerging science of how a mother's mental health or stress may impact the uterine environment and influence newborn telomere length.”

“These children may encounter learning problems, and seen in a societal context, history repeats itself because these children find it more difficult to escape the environment into which they are born," says Jens Lykkesfeldt.”