Mateja Pavleka

Mitochondria – secret keepers of the haematological functions?

Mitochondria are the “powehouse of the cell”. They influence many systems in the body through their physiologically significant functions. Disrupting the equilibrium of essential processes leads to mitochondrial disfunction. Does it also affect the hematological system? Can their dysfunction cause pathological changes?

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From stress to euphoria: Feel-good hormones released after the exam season

Another exam season has passed. It was one of the most stressful and intense periods in almost every student’s life. Every student urgently waits for the exams to end, hoping to pass most of them. But what happens in the organism when we finally get that feeling of overwhelming relief and happiness? How do the hormones react to emotional changes from stress to euphoria?

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