Looking Past the Intimidation Factor of a Capstone Course
This fall I had the opportunity to take neurochemistry, both for my neuroscience minor as well as for the Capstone requirement for my core. When I signed up, I ...
Month: December 2013
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Attempting to Find a New Treatment for an Old Disease
During the week of December 1st, we talked about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease th...
Could a Cure Stop the Expansion of this Umbrella?
Autism is defined as a developmental brain disorder in which the affected individual typically has problems with social interactions and may tend to exhibit a h...
From High Fat Diet to High Risk of Dependence
During the week of November 10th, we discussed a rather controversial article about obesity and the possibility that it could be caused by disease-like factors....
Just a Hit by a Grunge Band?
What a normal 90’s kid thinks after he/she hears the “Lithium” What a 90’s kid in neurochemistry thinks when he/she hears “Lithium...
What are we really learning about in college?
Before beginning my capstone experience in Neurochemistry, I was very curious as to how this would be different from any other class. I imagined all of the che...
ALS… Making Progress Towards Understanding
Amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disease which appears in adults and affects motor neurons. There are two diff...
Overcoming the Complexity of Autism to Find Treatments
The incidence of autism has been rising dramatically in recent years, and as a society, we must sit and wonder, is there anything we can do to stop it? We rece...
Spinning Out of Control
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never spent a lot of time contemplating the brain’s role in the development of obesity. I, like I’m sure many others, have alw...
Lithium: Still a little sketchy…
Sometimes, it’s amazing (and a little bit terrifying) to think about how little we know about a medication before it hits the market and is given to patients. ...