The pervasive impacts of global colonization have contributed to colorism, where numerous racial and ethnic groups, both overtly and subconsciously, equate lighter skin tones with higher socioeconomic status, greater access to education, enhanced personal development opportunities, and aesthetic appeal
It supports the growth of neurons and also the myelin sheath that surrounds and insulates nerves (including within the brain and spinal cord)
It can also reduce inflammation and increase the skins collagen synthesis
These receptors can also assemble inflammasome complexes, such as NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3), in coordination with absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2), resulting in the release of pro-inflammatory cytokinesincluding interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-18, and TNF-and thereby amplifying neuroinflammation (Sandhir et al., 2017)