Getting Knocked Around by Concussions
“Just let them play the game!” I often find myself yelling this at the television every Saturday and Sunday. My weekends often are ritualistic in that I enjoy...
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Losing Control of the MAPK during Finals Week!
In the spirit of finals week, I think about a discussion on the MAPK pathway in my neurochemistry course, and the first thing that comes to mind is not a partic...
Capstone Culmination
As I look back on my capstone in chemistry experience, I am glad that I was able to take part in this class. Capstone courses are meant to tie several discipli...
Colors of the Rainbow – A Look at Autism
Autism is more common today than ever before. According to the Autism Science Foundation, prevalence of autism was reported as 1 in 10,000. During the ninetie...
More Than Just Social Drinking?
Culture plays a role in the use of alcohol. Alcohol serves as a social lubricant, as it has across different cultures and time periods. Although alcohol appea...
Capstone? What's a capstone?
At the start of the semester, other than knowing I had to take a capstone course in order to get my degree, I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself i...
Is the complex world we live in a possible cause of the rising cases of autism?
Our final neurochemistry topic of the semester focused on the developmental disorder known as autism. Autism is a very interesting topic because its cause can ...
Autism: Are the pieces falling together?
Autism is yet another condition we discussed in class that I was not complete familiar with. I have met several people with autism of varying severity but I ne...
Ethanol: A matter of perception?
As we discussed ethanol this week in class I began to realize that the problem with alcohol in our country is truly a problem of perception. I’m not saying tha...
Concussion: An unknown threat.
I am, like many other people, a student athlete. I have been playing rugby since I was 14 years old and the topic discussed this week in class took me quite by...