Akt, Gsk, Dopamine and how they can fix your brain
The other week in class we discussed the Akt/Gsk pathway and Dopamine receptors. To put it lightly the article we read was dense. Through all the scientific lan...
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Should we puff puff pass on the use of cannabinoids?
Despite its legal status, the use of marijuana is not uncommon. In fact, it is the most commonly used illegal drug in our society. In addition to its recreation...
Iron: More than a Metal
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a disease in which dopamanergic neurons experience substantial damage and even death. It affects 1-2% of people overage the age of 6...
How is Type 2 Diabetes Affecting Your Ability to Learn and Form New Memories?
This week, our class discussed the detrimental effects of insulin resistance as seen in Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It has been established that Type 2 diabetes c...
Akt/GSK3 Cascade: how important is it?
While reading the article “Beyond cAMP: the regulation of Akt and GSK3 by dopamine receptor” I thought to myself what on earth does all this technic...
Akt/GSK3 Protein signaling: The Other White Meat
If I’ve learned anything while at Concordia, it’s that there’s always something else I can learn. This week in neurochemistry only helped to make this more evid...
I thought that was illegal….
When many people hear the acronym THC, they think of the illegal (in most places) drug marijuana. But the article Endogenous cannabinoids revisited: A biochemis...
A New Look at Medical Marijuana
Last week, we tackled the topic of the endocannabinoid (EC) system and the implications of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Often only the recreational uses ar...
What Are We Really Affecting?
After a week of asking questions and asking the same questions again, the mystery of what the Akt/GSK3 pathways does for us has become a little clearer. Despit...
Concordia's Capstone Experience
I took Neurochemistry this semester in order to fulfill my capstone course requirement for my major. What it means to take a capstone course at Concordia is th...