The Role of Memory Formation in Anxiety
Making memories is crucial for our learning and survival. Our memories are what make us who we are. They shape our personality. Emotional or stressful memories ...
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Addiction and the Brain
What is addiction? Addiction is a dependence on a substance or certain activity like drugs, alcohol, gambling, and more. What characterizes a behavior as an add...
Do medications have the same effect as psychostimulant drugs on the brain?
What are psychostimulants? Before understanding the comparisons between medications and psychostimulants, such as cocaine, nicotine, amphetamine, and more, it i...
What Do You Mean this Mouse has Schizophrenia?
What do you mean this mouse has Schizophrenia? – Mice models in Schizophrenia Research By: Hannah Olson You’ve seen the headlines that go, “Mice with Schi...
The Case for Schizophrenia as a Neurodevelopmental Disease
Schizophrenia is a condition that, like many other neuropsychiatric conditions, is not well understood. Because it is not well understood, treating and d...
What’s Behind Autism Spectrum Disorder?
What is autism spectrum disorder? Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is defined as a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communication with othe...
3 Theories for Autism Spectrum Disorder
What is autism spectrum disorder? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder where individuals may display deficits in social communication...
Insulin levels in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid
Research from as early as 1983 has documented changes in blood insulin levels in Alzheimer’s disease. Fasting blood insulin and insulin response to a gluc...
Insulin Signaling in the Brain
Insulin enters the brain through one of three routes: blood-brain barrier, median eminence, or the vascular endothelium by transport proteins. Insulin levels va...
Alzheimer’s Disease and Diet as Prevention
What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die. It is c...