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Finishing up my second masters degree this Fall and will have more time to take on freelance gigs in 2024. Love getting my MA in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University but looking forward to having more time to work with new clients. Check out my website: www.LilyWrites.com

Lily Bowles Leo, MS I WRITE ABOUT SCIENCE AND THE BRAINFOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.Maybe you’d like to read something I’ve written? Behavioral NeuroscienceHow behavior shapes the brain & how the brain shapes behaviorNeural PlasticitySpecifically: Adult hippocampal neurogenesisThe interaction between Psychiatry & Neurosc...

Went to San Diego this week for Society for Neuroscience’s annual conference. It was a whirlwind of posters, presentations, symposia and booths. Met lots of new contacts and proliferated a ton of new neurons in my hippocampus through my effortful and diverse learning. I took in a lot of new information and am reinvigorated to write about my first love- the brain. The tech has really changed since I was in the lab 10 years ago so it’s good to do stuff like this to stay current in my field. I also kind of enjoyed 3 nights in a hotel away from my kids…

So cool!

‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin Could Mend a Broken Heart - Neuroscience News Oxytocin, a hormone connected with bonding and love, could help to heal damage following a heart attack. Researchers found oxytocin simulates stem cells from the heart's outer layer and migrates into the middle layer where it develops into muscle cells that generate heart contractions. This could be...

check out our February blog post on the physiology of love!

The Physiology of Love — Rivers Edge Counselling Centre, St. Albert By Lily M. Bowles, M.S.

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Delicate Embroideries Feature Anatomically Accurate Lungs, Brain, and Facial Vessels The key to a healthy heart is a diet full of fiber, and Emmi Khan is ensuring her heart—and lungs and brain—don't miss out. The Cardiff-based artist embroiders anatomically accurate organs and systems, from a multicolored double helix to a profile view of facial vessels. The artist often weaves ...

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Latest work for Rivers Edge Counselling Centre on how media distorts body image

How Does Media Affect Body Image? — Rivers Edge Counselling Centre, St. Albert By Lily M. Bowles, M.S.

An article I wrote on panic attacks in the body and brain

Check out our article: panic attacks and how to cope

https://www.riversedgecounselling.com/blog/2019/9/9/panic-attacks-and-how-to-cope

My latest blog post on how deep breathing works in the body and brain.

Take a Deep Breath. Here's Why. “Take a deep breath.” We’ve all heard this old adage at some point, but you may not know that it is grounded in some really solid science. Deep breathing is one of the best tools we all have at our disposal to center the body and mind and regain composure. You can do it anytime, anywhere, it i...

"Until just a few years ago, no major funding agencies in North America or Europe required grant recipients to use both sexes in animal studies". This article doesn't mention the shocking fact that many drug trials reach human phases having never been tested on a female animal. Female hormones are not a complication that can be excluded from research for simplicity. When I worked in the lab we were proud to study naturally cycling female rats but we were certainly the exception rather than the rule. Its time that all scientists understand that choosing to exclude females from animal studies is not ethologically valid or justifiable.

Are hormones a “female problem” for animal research? One of the most deep-seated misconceptions about the human psyche is that men are simple and women are complicated ([ 1 ][1]). Gender psychology scholars trace this belief back to at least the 19th century, when the long-standing view that women were inferior versions of men started to fall out of f...