Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that does not impact mental faculties, but instead destroys motor neurons over a period of years/decades. Ul...
Author: Joseph Kennedy
The Surprising Relationship between Insulin and Alzheimer's
There exists a link between type II diabetes and Alzheimer’s. People who have type II diabetes are at a significantly higher probability of developing Alzheimer...
Endocannabinoids and their Classification
Endocannabinoids are a group of chemicals that exist within the human brain and various drugs like marijuana (hence the endo meaning within and cannabinoids… ca...
ALS: is it worthy of the public limelight?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that kills/damages cells in the brain and the spinal column. The cells that are especially im...
How Far is too Far?
Throughout the course of the semester in neurochemistry we have learned how to dissect, interpret, and form opinions on research articles dealing the neurologic...
The Balance of Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental which presents in early in childhood. While the symptoms vary, it is characterized by a general in ability to effectively communi...
Expanding Alcohol to Addiction
Understanding the biology and chemistry of addiction is pertinent for not only health, but also social reasons. On a personal, level few people do not have frie...
Obesity and Diabetes: Understanding the Link
Obesity is obviously a growing epidemic throughout many countries including America. There is rarely a day that goes by where I do not hear some mention to obes...
Bipolar Disorder
This weeks’ topic is Bipolar Disorder. Bipolar disorder (BD) has two types; one and two. BD 1 is characterized by manic and depressive episodes while BD 2 by h...
NHL Hockey Brains
This weeks’ topic deals with concussions. Brain injury has been a hot topic in national sports leagues as of late, and for good reason. The danger associated wi...