Nitric Oxide—Getting Pumped
This past week in our neurochemistry class, we discussed the role of Nitric oxide and the role it plays within the body. Nitric oxide (NO) is produced glial cel...
Month: December 2015
Parkinson’s Disease: Defining the Entire Spectrum
Overview Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder where both motor and non-motor symptoms are present to a progressive loss of neurons ...
Confidence and Self-realization: a Capstone Course Experience with Dr. Mach
It is the fourth year of my excellent under graduate school experience here at Concordia College. I am graduating in May of 2016. Three and half years of hard w...
Neurochemistry, Not Your Typical College Course
This class was drastically different from my other lecture style classes that I have had at Concordia. Instead of the professor lecturing the entire class peri...
Eating Disorders, More Than Just Social Pressures
In Western culture, we are constantly being bombarded with unrealistic beauty standards. As a result, many, in particular women, struggle with their body image...
Autism and the Environment
Over the past few decades, a growing number of children are being diagnosed with autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by impai...
Reflection on The Wonders of the Brain: A Dr. Mach Experience
Neurochemistry was my capstone course in the second to last semester of college and what a wonderful experience it was. To think of how much I learned in just a...
On Bulimia
Eating disorders are diseases that have a large impact on our society. They are many types of different eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia ne...
My Capstone Experience
My capstone experience is something that I will never forget. The reasoning being that the layout of the class was far different from anything that I have ever ...
Learning a New Way
This semester I had the pleasure of being in a Neurochemistry course at Concordia College. This course is classified as a capstone course and offers a unique cl...