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...
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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 ...
ALS: More Than Just an Ice Bucket Challenge
Recently ALS has been on the radar of many because of something called the ALS ice bucket challenge. The challenge composes of people dumping a bucket of ice on...
ALS: More is still to come…
This week in NeuroChem we discussed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes de...
Death and Dying: Advanced Care Planning
“Thinking about death clarifies your life.” -Candy Chang Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurodegen...
Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Until We Find a Cure!
I must admit, at this time last year I perused social media with a hatred for video after video of people dumping ice water on their heads in the name of ALS fu...
Basics of Endocannabinoids and the Developing Brain
As our country slowly shifts its stigma on marijuana, there are many issues that need to be discussed. Some of these issues include its medicinal properties, if...