Endocannabinoid Signalling and Marijuana
Endocannabinoid signaling is the signaling that mediates the affects of cannabis (marijuana). The ethical question here is whether or not marijuana should be le...
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Who knew dopamine had so many effects throughout the body?
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is normally found in the brain. It plays a large role in the body’s mechanisms for reward, motor control and motivatio...
Bipolar Disorder – Why is there so much stigma about mental disorders?
Bipolar disorder is characterized as a mental illness in which a person exhibits episodes of mania followed by episodes of depression. Between those episodes, t...
Lithium the Wonder Drug
There is always hope that someday we will discover a wonder drug that will cure very illness. Well after reading about lithium and bipolar disorder, I have to s...
Connection Between the Brain and Obesity?
Throughout the week of November 10th, my neurochemistry class and I learned about and discussed a topic that is currently very prevalent in the United States. T...
The Ups and Downs of Bipolar Disorder
Throughout the week of November 3rd, my neurochemistry class and I learned about and discussed an important treatment that has been utilized to treat bipolar di...
The Lasting Impact of Concussions
Throughout week of October 27 in my neurochemistry class, we explored and discussed a very common brain injury that most people have heard of called a concussio...
What Can't Lithium do?
There are many different pharmaceuticals that have different effects within the body. These pharmaceuticals are many different elements. The simple pharmaceut...
Type 3 Diabetes: Alzheimer's Disease
There are many health concerns that are related to diabetes. One of the new outcomes of diabetes is that there is a possibility of a having a higher chance of ...
Marijuana the Miracle Drug
One thing that is seemed to be looked down upon in society is the use of medical marijuana. But how can something that seems to have so many positive side effe...