The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System: A Key Player In Brain Health and Disease
Figure 1 [1] Your brain is like a smartphone, dropping it, similar to a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It may look fine on the outside, but on the inside, the te...
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CTE: The Hidden Dangers of Repeated Head Trauma
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head trauma [1]. This leads to the buildup of tau proteins in the brain...
AI: The Game Changer in Concussion Diagnosis
Concussions are one of the most common yet misunderstood brain injuries. And they don’t just affect professional athletes—students, military personnel, and ever...
Photophobia: The Fear of Light After TBI’s
PHOTOPHOBIA Although photophobia literally means to have a ‘fear of light’, it actually refers to pain or discomfort caused by light exposure. This ...
Watch your head! The Detrimental Effects of Traumatic Brain Injuries
According to the CDC [1], every day 586 people are hospitalized for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and this does not include urgent care or emergency room visits...
Your Body’s Natural High…..
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is mainly found in the central nervous system (CNS) and plays important roles to modulate plasticity and homeostasis in the bra...
My past or my future?
This blog post will focus on the interesting intersection between anxiety and memories. I personally found this fascinating because before discussing this in cl...
Battling the Brain Beast: Glioblastomas
When we talk about tumors, they can grow and exist differently. There are canceorus (malignant) tumors and non-cancerous (benign) tumors. A tumor is a solid mas...
Putting the “fun” in dysfuntion!
Did you know that even your psychiatrist might be suffering from a mental illness? Increased awareness on mental illness today shows how far humans have come in...
What a Journey!
My time at Concordia has been filled with thrill, lessons, failures, self-discovery, and many events that sneaked into my life unknowingly. However, did I enjoy...