Can medicinal marijuana be replaced?
There are many distinct mood disorders troubling society today given our increasingly busy and stressful lifestyles. Research over the years has given more and ...
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Marijuana: Oh the Possibilities
So let’s not beat around the bush here: a significant number of people – not only in America but around the world – have tried or habitually done marijuana some...
Cannabis, Depression, and You
Depression is a serious psychological disorder that affects millions of Americans. I am one of those millions. Around the time I entered second grade, a psychol...
Capstone Closing Comments
This semester has been full of information that would make most people’s heads spin! Some of the material could be so dense at times that reading it three...
Alcohol Withdrawals
Some people don’t consider alcohol a drug because it doesn’t give a person the same symptoms as say cocaine or heroin would. But this is not the cas...
Neurochemistry vs. Student Teaching
You could say I am lucky enough to have the experience of two capstones for my undergraduate degree. Officially as a chemistry education major student teaching ...
Autism vs. Asperger's Syndrome
One of the articles we read had the main topic of autism and the environmental and genetic factors that can cause it. In the article it talks about the redox/me...
Ethanol and Knockouts… Mice, that is
One of the articles we focused on was a review on the signaling caused by ethanol (commonly known as alcohol). Ethanol has various cellular effects that result ...
Final Thoughts on Neurochemistry
Neurochemistry was a unique science course, different from any of my other courses throughout my college career. We read articles, focusing on understanding the...
Axons, Concussions, and MMA
Head injuries are becoming an increasing concern, especially with contact sports. Successive concussions without treatment are also an issue. Concussive force t...