Our Body’s “Chill Pill”
The endocannabinoid pathway is a pathway that the body does using naturally occurring endocannabinoids in the body. These endocannabinoids are neurotransmitters...
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What You Need to Know About Concussions
What do concussions do to your brain? One big reason concussions are so dangerous is that they cause an influx of ions going into your neurons. What does that m...
Cutting Football Some Slack
Featured Image: Author Football and New Equipment As many people know, football has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years due to its high prevalence of c...
How Many Is Too Much: Concussion and What You Need to Do
Injuries can happen at any given time in a person’s life. Whether you are riding a bike, walking a dog, playing a sport or even going downstairs in your basemen...
The Impact of Concussion
Concussion is starting to be such a prevalent topic in our society. It seems as though we should be able to create better helmets and more pads to protect peopl...
I Have Concussion. I Need to Recover.
Nowadays, concussion occurs so often in many sports, such as football, cycling, baseball, basketball, and water sports, etc. It would be great if its negative i...
Overnutrition and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Here we go again, another blogger harping on the importance of proper nutrition and the consequences that accompany bad food choices. Nowadays, it seems like ev...
Another Year, Another Misplaced Memory: Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Where are my keys? “Oh no, I misplaced my keys yet AGAIN this week. My memory must be going. But wait. Does this mean..Could I possibly have..It couldn’t be..Al...
Zn2+ Deficiency Can Potentially Cause Autism
Zn2+ involves in many biochemical reactions in our body by modifying or being a part the enzyme protein. In addition, Zn2+ modulates the complex ProSAP/Shank in...
Nature Versus Nurture: Environmental Factors in Autism
The cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been a question asked for years. Many have speculated yet the definite cause has yet to be articulated. Genes ha...