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Macrophages
Macrophages are large white blood cells that engulf and digest cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and other harmful invaders. They play a key role…
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The acquisition of novel information, behaviors, or abilities after practice, observation, or other experiences, as evidenced by a change in behavior, knowledge, or brain…
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Leptin, also known as the “satiety hormone”, ” is a circulating hormone secreted primarily by adipocytes (i.e., fat cells) to signal nutritional status in…
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Ligands are small signaling molecules that are highly specific and only bind to their respective receptors to initiate particular responses. Ligands could be small…
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The limbic system is composed of four main brain structures: the hypothalamus, the amygdala, the thalamus, and the hippocampus. It helps regulate behavioral and…
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), also called endotoxins, are large molecules composed of lipids (fat) and polysaccharides (sugar) found on the outer walls of gram-negative bacteria. They…
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