Author Archives: Raúl Delgado-Morales
How maternal vaginal microbiome can bring you to madness
Maternal and paternal stress have been proved to be critical aspects of off-spring brain development. High levels of stress on pregnant mothers can alter both placental and embryonic gene expression patterns, misprogramming the brain of the newborn towards psychiatric […]
Getting to know Rett syndrome #RareDiseaseDay
Today February 29th is celebrated worldwide the Rare Disease Day. This year’ slogan is “Join us in making the voice of rare diseases heard”. So this is my small contribution to such campaign, essential nowadays to increase support to all […]
It’s all your parents’ fault (II): how Darth Vader programmed Luke to have depression
“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering”.
Grand Master Yoda
This is the second chapter of a series of 2 articles that pretends to illustrate […]
Alzheimer’s disease: 3D culture system brings hope to drug discovery
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most devastating human pathologies. AD is the leading cause of age-related dementia and currently afflicts more than 44 million persons worldwide (World Alzheimer Report 2014). It is characterized by a cognitive […]
It is all your parents’ fault (I): how mummy alters your brain development
‘Yo soy yo y mi circumstancia, y si no la salvo a ella no me salvo yo’
José Ortega y Gasset (Meditaciones del Quijote, 1914)
In my first article for Mapping Ignorance I stated that “destiny” was an […]
Epigenetic alterations in Alzheimer’s disease, nature vs. nurture on the path to dementia
Nowadays there are still people that believe in destiny. However the scientific community more and more is bringing light to that subject showing that although the genetic material could program ourselves to suffer some pathologies, the day-to-day experiences are the […]