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Review Article

Turkish Title : The Neurological and Psychological Effects of Breastfeeding on Women

Tapırdamaz Şeyda Nur,Esencan Tuğba Yılmaz
JNBS, 2023, 10(3), p:68-73

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_7_23

Breastfeeding is the key element of infant feeding and has played a vital role in promoting infant
health throughout history. It provides all the necessary nutrients for infants to grow and develop.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends initiating breastfeeding right after birth and
continuing with exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months, followed by complementary feeding
up to 24 months of age. The WHO has also set targets to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates by
2025. As scientific research has advanced, the benefits of breastfeeding for infant health have become
increasingly apparent, not only for metabolic diseases but also for cognitive health. As a result,
researchers have started examining whether breastfeeding has any neurological or psychological
effects on lactating mothers. In this review, we examined current research on the neurological and
psychological effects of breastfeeding on women.


Review Article

Turkish Title : Neuroesthetics and its Excitatory Sensitization of the Cerebral Cortex

Torlak Esra
JNBS, 2023, 10(3), p:82-85

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_13_23

The human mind receives, perceives, and processes visual and auditory input daily from the everyday
world of art and culture as an esthetic neural experience involving several regions of the cerebrum.
It is important to comprehend how this process of neuroesthetics works and how it affects each
individual’s emotions and behavior. This article will incorporate various clinical scanning techniques
and methods to examine the anatomical cerebral structures where the effects of external neuroesthetic
stimuli can be correlated with its resultant neural cognitive response. The effects of neuroesthetic
stimuli on the clinical improvement in patients experiencing depression, cognitive decline, and
other forms of behavioral manifestations will be reviewed. The results of these studies (including
international examples, along with various comparative analyses) demonstrate the beneficial effects
of art on the pleasure centers of the brain and its consequent positive effects on patients’ behavior and
emotions, thus exemplifying the short‑ and long‑term importance of incorporation of neuroesthetics
in not only the clinical setting but also in our global society.


Review Article

Turkish Title : Impact of Nutrition on Depression: A Review of Some Dietary Components with Antidepressant Effects and Their Mechanism of Action

Ekpo Ubong Udeme,Umana Uduak Emmanuel,Sadeeq Abubakar Adamu
JNBS, 2023, 10(3), p:86-96

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_5_23

Recent years have seen a surge in psychiatric diseases, which has resulted in considerable disease
distress and considerably decreased living conditions. Many considerable synthetic medications have
been used to treat these illnesses throughout the years, but they have been found to have limited
effects and substantial recurrence risks in many individuals. Mental illnesses such as depression
and anxiety are persistently on the rise around the world, posing serious challenges to the affected
person’s and their family members’ personal lives. There is mounting evidence that suggests the gut–
brain axis (GBA) contributes to the genesis and development of psychiatric diseases. This review
focuses on contemporary dietary therapies such as Mediterranean diets and dietary supplements
and emphasizes nutrition’s critical role in psychiatric care through the GBA. Several research have
indicated that dietary quality affects mental health because it controls metabolic processes, has
anti‑inflammatory and antiapoptotic characteristics, and promotes neurogenesis and synaptogenesis.
This study demonstrates many dietary components, their relationships to depression, and how they
work. The use of dietary recommendations to support mental health appears to be a novel, affordable,
useful, nonpharmacological intervention for people with mental problems.


Review Article

Turkish Title : Risk of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitors Usage and Related Adverse Effects

Erik Şükran,Bülbül Esma Nur,Sevim Çigdem,Keskin Seda Eren,Kara Mehtap
JNBS, 2023, 10(2), p:41-48

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_4_23


Review Article

Turkish Title : The Toxic Effect Ways of Allicin on Different Cell Lines

Bulbul Esma Nur,Kasikci Emel Serdaroglu
JNBS, 2023, 10(2), p:49-56

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_2_23

In this review, the biological structure of garlic, its active ingredients, especially allicin and its way
of antimicrobial effects on cells evaluated and also the toxic possibility of allicin on diverse cells was
investigated. Various academic papers have been found in reliable literature. It is stated that garlic
includes lots of phytoconstituents with activities against cells. The toxic action of allicin on different
cell lines such as bacteria kinds such as Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis,
Streptococcus pneumoniae) and Gram-negative bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori,
Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) for all that fungi like Candida albicans and parasites,
virus, glioma and human neuroblastoma cell lines and also oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma,
cancer cell lines which are characterized as malignant (leukemia, colon, gastric, and breast cell
lines) cancer. It has been revealed that, on those cells, allicin has also been demonstrated toxicity
mechanisms on cells like canceling deed of nitric oxide synthase, the peroxidation of lipids, nuclear
factor, kappa B, arranging cell period, modulating the activity of redox precision proteins and
influence cellular signaling.


Review Article

Turkish Title : Review Article on “Importance of Behavioral Genetics on the Psychological Development of the Person”

Chakrala Bhavyaja
JNBS, 2023, 10(2), p:57-61

DOI : 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_10_23

The study of behavioral genetics holds great promise for revealing the genetic and environmental
factors that impact both typical and abnormal behavior. The ideas and techniques that have been
used to identifying the constituent parts of complex human characteristics serve as the foundation
for behavioral-genetic procedures. To analyze the genetic component of these complex features, new
tools are now accessible. We can start investigating how certain genes interact with environmental
variables in development as they are discovered. Important factors to take into account include how
we interpret these results, how we pose fresh questions, how we celebrate the information, and how
we make use of or abuse this knowledge. These problems are prevalent in all human research fields,
but they are particularly evident in human behavioral genetics. In this article, we review the results of
studies and theories, explore their implications for our knowledge of adult personality development,
and highlight outstanding issues that require more investigation.


ISSN (Print) 2149-1909
ISSN (Online) 2148-4325

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