When Abstaining Isn’t Enough: Psychostimulants and the Brain
Out of the various brain-related afflictions discussed in these posts, addiction is unique in that it doesn’t arise from faulty wiring, but ...
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Antipsychotics: A Balance of Safety and Comfort
Schizophrenia is one of the hardest mental conditions to treat and it can often be difficult to get patients to comply with a medication regiment. This is due t...
The Tangled Web: Comorbidities, Wnt Signaling, and the Complexity of Schizophrenia
Comorbidities Schizophrenia almost never arrives alone. In clinical practice, psychiatric comorbidities are usually th...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: On the Rise?
For anyone paying attention to our modern day political atmosphere, it would seem that autism gets mentioned quite regularly. Stemming back from the initial 199...
Dopamine in Action: Mapping the Brain Circuits with Potential Roles in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a central role in motivation, learning, cognition, and movement. With increasing research summarized in the article by...
Marijuana: Medical Miracle Plant or Myth?
In the last couple decades, feelings about marijuana have changed drastically nationally and internationally. In the USA, forty states have legalized medical ma...
The Brain’s Hidden Barcode
Imagine scanning a barcode at the grocery store. That pattern of lines tells the scanner exactly what the product is, how much it costs, and where it came from....
When Balance Becomes Overstimulation: How THC Hijacks the Brain
The brain has its own cannabis system, and long before humans cultivated marijuana, our neurons were already communicating using cannabis-like molecules called ...
From Hemp to Health: A Closer Look at CBD
CBD and the Endocannabinoid System: Cannabidiol (CBD) has quickly become one of the most talked-about compounds derived from the cannabis plant. In the brain, ...
Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding the Stages and How Your Diet Can Make a Difference
Alzheimer’s Disease: Understanding the Stages and How Your Diet Can Make a Difference Most people have some knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Whether...