Your Brain on Heavy Metals.
This week in Neurochem we talked about a very controversial and growingly prevalent topic – autism. As most people know, autism is a disorder characterized by a...
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Final Reflections
I enjoyed this Neurochemistry capstone course firstly, because of the interesting and fascinating topics that we covered. In the beginning part of the course, w...
Synchronized Dance Therapy for Autism
A new hypothesis in the cause of Autism is that of a dysfunctional motor neuron system. Motor neurons were discovered in the early 1990s while studying the brai...
Amyloid Beta Plaques: Destructive or Protective?
Contrary to popular “scientific” belief, we aren’t really that sure what causes the neurodegeneration of brain tissue in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients...
The Diversity of Alcoholism
I have for you two scenarios (These stories are not based on any person in particular, but are just general possible scenarios.) First is a story about Edward. ...
Brain to Fat Communication
A steamy slab of steak lies on a plate soaked in steak sauce accompanied by garlic-mashed potatoes and cheese-covered broccoli. You reach for your fork and take...
Cheers!
What is something 52% of American adults do on a regular basis? Brush their teeth? (Just kidding…78% of adults do that). The real answer is drink alcohol. Yeah....
Who are we? Concussions and the like
Concussions are becoming an increasingly popular topic. The concern mainly being focused around professional athletes and the increasing literature in the dang...
Which came first? Diabetes or obesity?
This week’s article talked about obesity and how some of the pathways that trigger in our bodies that we are full may not be working properly. These chemicals ...
Obesity and Diabetes: Understanding the Link
Obesity is obviously a growing epidemic throughout many countries including America. There is rarely a day that goes by where I do not hear some mention to obes...