Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Inflammation plays a causal role in dampening certain cognitive functions.
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Inflammation plays a causal role in dampening certain cognitive functions.
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you can even there's even, you know, human trials where people are injected with lipopolyaccharide, which induces inflammation or or a saline control, and you can affect mood, you can depress the mood, you can depress cognitive function because inflammation affects brain function.