Interesting. I’m betting a magnum bottle of IL-10 that neuroinflammation is part of the reason why there is less volume and thickness in those parts of the bra

Interesting. I’m betting a magnum bottle of IL-10 that neuroinflammation is part of the reason why there is less volume and thickness in those parts of the brain. See this fascinating review paper from 2018 – it’s all I post, everywhere, ever, almost. “Aggression, Social Stress, and the Immune System” – Takahashi, Flanigan, McEwen & Russo, 2018 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00056/full https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience... Spoiler: Neuroinflammation is suffering. An individual animal’s recognition of its own social defeat increases inflammation. Aggressive behavior and “winning” are anti-inflammatory. The paper puts it beautifully. (In a stark way.) Neuroinflammation is behavior-modifying, and also brain-modifying. A stressed, inflamed brain region is maybe not going to be making as many new connections; It is going to be a little wizened maybe?