Marijuana: Medical Miracle Plant or Myth?
In the last couple decades, feelings about marijuana have changed drastically nationally and internationally. In the USA, forty states have legalized medical ma...
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The Brain’s Hidden Barcode
Imagine scanning a barcode at the grocery store. That pattern of lines tells the scanner exactly what the product is, how much it costs, and where it came from....
When Balance Becomes Overstimulation: How THC Hijacks the Brain
The brain has its own cannabis system, and long before humans cultivated marijuana, our neurons were already communicating using cannabis-like molecules called ...
From Hemp to Health: A Closer Look at CBD
CBD and the Endocannabinoid System: Cannabidiol (CBD) has quickly become one of the most talked-about compounds derived from the cannabis plant. In the brain, ...
Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding the Stages and How Your Diet Can Make a Difference
Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding the Stages and How Your Diet Can Make a Difference Most people have some knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Whether...
Can’t remember what you had for lunch? Your diet can possibly influence your risk for Alzheimer’s.
Why should I care about this? When you eat, your body needs a hormone called insulin in order for your body to utilize the energy in the food. Recent evidence s...
CTE: Not for You or Me
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated impacts to the head that lead to devastating mental a...
More Than a Bump: What Really Happens in the Brain After a Concussion
Concussions and Neuroinflammation: What Happens After Impact When someone experiences a concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), the dama...
My Journey: 5 Goals for Liberal Learning
INSTILL A LOVE FOR LEARNING Time is the most valuable thing we have, and as I approach the final week of my undergraduate studies in Neuroscience and Psycholog...
Feeding the Brain and the Soul: How Neurochemistry Changed the Way I See the World
This semester has been nothing short of transformative. As I look back on my experience in the neurochemistry capstone course, I realize how much it has helped ...