Mind on Medical Marijuana
Marijuana, just about everybody has heard of it, most notably for its role in media as a plant used to achieve a high. What is less known about marijuana are it...
Month: November 2015
Nitric Oxide: The Mystery Molecule.
Nitric oxide has a role in multiple pathways inside the body and can be good for you, but at the same time nitric oxide can damage the body and lead to neurodeg...
A Balancing Act: Nitric Oxide Production in the Central Nervous System
It is interesting to think that a single molecule can be a similar variable in a handful of diverse and devastating diseases. It is even more interesting to thi...
Are We all Headed to the Same Destination?
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is not a single disease, rather it is a syndrome of multiple causes, which have in common the death of dopaminergic brain neurons...
Should Parkinson's Be a Priority?
Parkinson’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease that affects both motor and non-motor systems in the body, which is characterized by the death of neurons in ...
Parkinson’s Disease: More Than Just Tremors
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s. It effects about 3 in 1000 people in industrialized nations. Alt...
Insulin: A Sometimes Under Appreciated Key Player in the Brain
As a relatively healthy person, insulin is something that I rarely consider, I do not consider how my intake of sugar may affect my body, I also do not consider...
ALS: Of Ice Buckets and Men.
Last year, the ALS ice bucket challenge went viral across the United States with millions of people joining in on the phenomena of pouring ice water onto one...
Parkinson's Not Just a Tremor
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s effecting about 3 in 1000 people in industrialized nations. It seems t...
Parkinson's: A Disease or a Syndrome?
One of the most important themes I’ve gathered from my time in my neurochemistry class is the theme of ambiguity when trying to determine the cause of a neurode...