Final Reflection: Connecting the Dots
As I wrap up my time at Concordia, I find myself reflecting on just how much this experience brought together the skills and knowledge I’ve developed over...
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Hypothalamic Inflammation: The Brain’s Role in Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Artstract by M. Shercliffe. We’ve all heard it before: obesity is an equation of calories in versus calories out. To lose weight you merely need to eat less and...
Stress: The Memory That Sticks
Original artstract by M. Shercliffe. We’ve all experienced moments of intense stress that seem burned into our memories, whether it’s a near-miss car accident, ...
Addiction Rewires Your Brain: Can We Rewire It Back?
Artstract created S. Mohamed Addiction is not a choice. It’s a complex brain disease. And for millions of people struggling with psychostimulant use—cocai...
Childhood Trauma & Memory
Traumatic experiences in childhood have a more significant impact on the brain than acute trauma in adulthood. Let’s look into the field of developmental trauma...
Psychostimulant Addiction: A Learning Disease
You may have heard that addiction is a disease, but this disease uniquely harms the body – it attacks learning. Psychostimulant Use Disorder (PUD) is a chronic...
Addiction Rewires the Brain
Artstract created by Hadlie Dahlseid. Drug use leads to increased dopamine and glutamate, which causes alterations in the reward circuit of the brain, increasin...
It’s Not “Mental Illness” It’s Brain Health
“Mental Illness” Mental illness is often a scary phrase. It’s thought of in association with the words “disorder,” “sick,” or even worse, “crazy.” People often ...
Dopamine – Have Researchers Found the Missing Piece to the Autism Puzzle?
Imagine a world where you never know what the person next to you is thinking or how they’re feeling. Imagine attending social events or new experiences that are...
Alzheimer’s Disease and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Is “Type III Diabetes” a Women’s Health Crisis?
Alzheimer’s disease and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) are two seemingly unrelated conditions that disproportionately affect women. Alzheimer’s, a devastati...