Parkinson's: A Disease or a Syndrome?
One of the most important themes I’ve gathered from my time in my neurochemistry class is the theme of ambiguity when trying to determine the cause of a neurode...
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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...
Humans are not Immortal
Biologically speaking, humans are not meant to live forever. People age for a variety of reasons; but a few of the main issues are the amount of free radicals ...
Mental Decline-A Societal Problem
Modern medicine is nothing short of a miracle. If you take a moment to stop and appreciate just how good we have become at not dying it is pretty mind blowing. ...
Type 3 Diabetes? The Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder diagnosed today. For a long time it was unclear as to the cause of AD, and t...
ALS – The Science Behind the Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the withering away of muscles due to t...
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...
Alzheimer’s linked to Diabetes
The topic in our Neurochemistry class this past week was Alzheimer’s Disease and how it is linked to Type II Diabetes Mellitus, T2DM. The science behind this li...
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...
Heritability of ALS
What is ALS? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons in the brain and the spinal cord. As ...