Emotional Memories and Sleep
Sleep, is potentially one of the most important things in our lives. According to John Hopkins’ website we spend around a quarter to a third of our life ...
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Environmental Impact on Memory Consolidation during Sleep
What is memory consolidation? In the most simplest terms, memory consolidation is the process of converting a short term memory into a more stable, long-term me...
Why is Sleep Important?
Artstract by Jessica Howard The Stages of Sleep There are four different sleep stages that are identified by the type of brain waves present during eac...
Catch some Z’s
The Hippocampus The specific region of the brain that helps to form new memories is called the hippocampus. Most memories formed here will be lost during the da...
Cancer in the brain EXPLAINED
Glioblastoma is a type of cancer that starts with abnormal growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord that eventually turns into a tumor. Glioblastoma can occu...
The Blood Brain Barrier: Drug Delivery in Glioblastoma
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective and specialized membrane that separates circulating blood from the brain extracellular fluid (BECF) in the c...
TP53 Proteins and Their Role in Cancer
Tumor Protein 53 Tumor protein 53 (TP53) is a regulatory protein that helps regulate the progression through the cell cycle, apoptosis (cell death), and the sta...
Let’s Talk about Brain Cancer
What is Glioblastoma? In short, glioblastoma (GBM) is brain cancer. More specifically, it is a very lethal brain tumor, sometimes becoming invasive to other par...
Glioblastoma Current Treatment Plans
Glioblastoma is a brain cancer that happens in astrocytes. Astrocytes are a type of glial cells, the most abundant cells in the CNS. According to the National B...
Treatment of Glioblastoma Through EGFR and CREB
Artstract Created by Hailey Puppe Glioblastoma is an aggressive, fast-growing malignant brain tumor. It has a very low survival rate. Only 5% of those with Glio...