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One of the main subjects of my education I have had the most difficulty in understanding is chemistry. It’s been one of those subjects that I’ve loved to learn ...

I’ve been playing soccer since I was about five years old, and it was not until college that I experienced someone on the field get a concussion. I had always k...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly referred to as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease was a relatively unknown topic to me until this week. ALS is a neurodege...

This fall I had the opportunity to take neurochemistry, both for my neuroscience minor as well as for the Capstone requirement for my core. When I signed up, I ...

 During the week of December 1st, we talked about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease th...

Autism is defined as a developmental brain disorder in which the affected individual typically has problems with social interactions and may tend to exhibit a h...

During the week of November 10th, we discussed a rather controversial article about obesity and the possibility that it could be caused by disease-like factors....

What a normal 90’s kid thinks after he/she hears the “Lithium” What a 90’s kid in neurochemistry thinks when he/she hears “Lithium...

Before beginning my capstone experience in Neurochemistry, I was very curious as to how this would be different from any other class.  I imagined all of the che...

Amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disease which appears in adults and affects motor neurons.  There are two diff...