When Memories Get Messy
The Connection Between Memories and Stress Memory formation, consolidation, and retrieval are vital functions of a healthy life. When psychologically str...
Month: April 2024
Final Course Reflection
Thinking back on all the classes I have taken so far in my undergraduate education at Concordia, this Neurochemistry course has been one of a kind. It is so sat...
Glioblastoma and Cellular Signaling
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a cancerous brain tumor. GBM is a grade IV cancer with the prediction of a 14-month survival period upon diagnosis for most ...
How Do Stressful Situations Create Stressful Memories?
Humans obviously experience stress, so obviously scientists have studied how being stressed impacts our brains. They have found that stress results in hormone r...
Endocannabinoid System; Helpful, and Not the Same as Cannabis
Obviously, cannabis, weed, marijuana, etc. and its legalization have been a controversial, polemic, political hot button for the past 40+ years. However, this s...
Glioblastoma; A Case Study of Converging and Complex Cell Signaling Pathways
Glioblastoma is a type of brain tumor; glio means ‘from glial cells’ which are cells that support neuronal cells in the brain, and blastoma means ‘a form of tum...
High Fat Diets Can Change Our Brains
It is painfully aware to us that as technology advances and society modernizes, obesity is becoming a severe epidemic. Why did obesity appear as we became more ...
The Endocannabinoid System
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) has a lot to do with homeostatic processes within the brain. It controls mood regulation, pain perception, learning, and memory...
Metabolic Disorder, and Hypothalamic Inflammation
Artstract: healthy foods = healthy brain. Obesity is a rising problem for the global population, and can give rise to a variety of other health issues, such as...
How much is too much THC?
Possible therapeutic effects of cannabis Psychoactive drugs such as THC and CBD contain synthetic ligands for receptors called CB1 and CB2, which makes them a p...