What causes Schizophrenia and how can we stop it before it becomes a problem?
Bipolar disorder, major depression, and schizophrenia are psychiatric conditions that make daily life difficult for many in society. Whether it’s the pers...
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Wnt Signaling’s Role in Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that is hallmarked by an individual’s abnormal interpretation of reality that interferes with thei...
Reducing the Risk of Schizophrenia Through Prenatal Nutrition
Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by negative and positive symptoms. Positive symptoms include delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are beliefs...
BCL9 and Beta-Catenin’s Functioning in Schizophrenia
Artstract by Dhruvika Patel What is Schizophrenia? Before looking at pathway dysfunction, it’s important to understand what exactly schizophrenia is and its imp...
Gaining Empathy for the Mentally Ill: Schizophrenia Edition
Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease that effects 24 million people worldwide, 2.8 million of those people being in the United States. Schizophrenia is a dis...
Diabetes and Cognitive Decline
Insulin Insulin is a peptide hormone with numerous functions in the body, the most common of which is to control glucose levels. Insulin acts differently in the...
Insulin in the Brain?
When you hear insulin typically you think of blood sugar, the pancreas, or diabetes. Did you know it is in your brain as well? Well, if you didn’t no worries, u...
Alzheimer’s disease and the need for healthier lifestyles
Alzheimer’s disease and broader dementia are a growing epidemic challenging care for global ageing populations. Characterised as a neurodegenerative disea...
Inflamed Brain
Inflamed Brain Neuroinflammation (inflammation of nervous tissue) is a continuous state of immune system response. In acute (short term) inflammation, cells wil...
Oral Hypoglycemics to Treat Alzheimers?
Alzheimer’s and The Brain: Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that results in memory loss and decreased cognitive function. It begins by at...