Capstone: an unexpected surprise
I really didn’t know what to expect out of this semester. I needed a class that counted both as a capstone, as well as an elective for my major, and I settled ...
Month: December 2013
Terrible ALS
Amylotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a disease of the central nervous system. It is a nasty progression of neurod...
Autism Explored
You might have met someone with autism before. Maybe they were in your family or at school. If so, then you probably noticed the signs of autism. Thei...
Laying the Capstone to My College Experience
It’s December and the semester in Neurochemistry has come to an end, and it has been a class that has taught me so much not only about different topics such as ...
Autism in a Nutshell
It was not until last year when I heard a student give a presentation on autism that I realized how complicated and broad the disorder was. Autism Spectrum Diso...
Obese Brains
Ohhhhhhhhh obesity…such a big topic in the world we live in right now. It is usually discussed within the context of food and how people in our country ...
Lithium does things?
What do you think of when you first hear the word lithium? To be perfectly honest, before I read this article on lithium, the most that popped into my h...
Drink your tea and watch your Iron
This topic has to do with Parkinson’s disease but you should still read this even if you do not care about Parkinson’s. Why you may ask? Well, you see ...
What if I told you Diabetes will increase your risk of Alzheimer Disease?
Type 2 diabetes is a prevalent disease in America where the body has too much glucose in the blood system. Many adults suffer from this and it results i...
Marijuana and Endocannabinoids: More Research Needed
Cannabis sativa, more commonly called marijuana, and its use has long been a hotly debated topic all over the world. For the most part, the public has been igno...