Trouble Helix
Temporada 1
Bellies, Brains, and Bacteria
por Rebecca Ravenstad
How does our stomach tell our brain we're full? How does our brain tell our gut to contract? Molecules, of course! Learn the methods our bodies use to transmit info along the gut-brain axis, and how our bacteria friends can significantly help or hinder our health! Explore why obesity and/or depression can occur when all these moving parts stop playing nice. VIDEO VERSION: COMING SOON! SOURCES: https://sites.google.com/view/troublehelix/podcast-sources/gut-brain-axis?authuser=1 MORE FROM DOUGHPAMINE: yt channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ATGCtrouble livestreams: https://www.twitch.tv/doughpamine tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doughpamine_ttv?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
This Molecular Mishap causes a lot of TROUBLE. What happens when just ONE enzyme is missing in our bodies? In this case, 21-hydroxylase deficiency causes Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). From genetic blunder, to out-of-control 'roids, to treatment, a lot of bases are covered. And a lot of things go wrong if our bodies can't make even one important protein. VIDEO VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zQdzpyW9rc&list=PLPe7UM9zqnyKyNhlOeu0PYO537s_cJZM6 SOURCES: https://sites.google.com/view/troublehelix/podcast-sources/cah-sources-podcast?authuser=0 MORE FROM DOUGHPAMINE: yt channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ATGCtrouble livestreams: https://www.twitch.tv/doughpamine tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@doughpamine_ttv?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc