Putting the Puzzle Pieces of Autism Together
Autism spectrum disorder is the term used to describe a range of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by communication difficulties, social impairm...
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You Are What You Eat: Early Life Diet and Obesity Risk
Obesity and sedentary behaviors are commonly viewed as a reflection of cultures with widespread availability of cheap high-calorie and high-fat foods, often in ...
Breaking Down the Vicious Cycles of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depressive illness, is a mental disorder characterized by extreme unusual shifts in energy, mood, and activity levels, imp...
Beyond the Shakes: Brain Pathology of Parkinson's Disease and Non-motor Symptoms
If you have ever witnessed someone with Parkinson’s disease suffering from tremors, it is a heartbreaking experience. To see someone trapped in a body they cann...
Knock Knock Who's There? Concussion!
If you wondered what many Americans were doing Sunday afternoon, I could give you an answer. They were watching football. Baseball claims that its America’...
Is your sweet tooth breaking down your brain? Insulin’s role in Alzheimer’s Pathology
Living in a society where overindulgence of food is commonplace and obesity rates are rampant, we are well aware that too much sugar and fat in our diets is bad...
Obese Brains
Ohhhhhhhhh obesity…such a big topic in the world we live in right now. It is usually discussed within the context of food and how people in our country ...
Obesity: Is it our fault?
This week we discussed an article that claims obesity is a brain disease and that over-nutritious diets change our brain chemistry. In contrast the to “eat les...
Which is worse?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is disease in which motor neurons in the brain degrade and eventually die. This leads to the loss of motor an...
What is ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The motor neuronal deat...