Obesity: Being You
In the last decade, obesity has become what some would call an epidemic. There is no question about it, obesity rates are increasingly high with 34.9% of adults...
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I waited 3.5 years for this…and it wasn’t as special as I expected: my capstone experience
I first heard about the Neurochemisty capstone course as a freshman here at Concordia College. I signed up for the Neuroscience minor, and like the nerd that I ...
Neurochemistry at Concordia: A New of Learning
Being that I am a chemistry major at Concordia, I have taken my fair share of chemistry courses, none of which are anything like my experience of taking this Ne...
Capping Off the Concordia Experience
Initially coming to Concordia, I had no idea what to expect. The institution said that it would “instill a love of education” and at the time, all I...
A Different Kind of Learning: Neurochemistry at Concordia
I am a senior at Concordia College in Moorhead, and I am just finishing up my approximately 30th college class at Concordia. I can honestly say this class was d...
Autism: What it is and Why it Happens
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological disorder that is often characterized by impairments in communication, inappropriate social behavior, and re...
Finding yourself: A Neurochemistry Capstone Experience
Upon registering for this class, I had a hard time grasping I had just registered for Neurochemistry. At the end of spring semester 2015, I attended a meeting f...
Neurochemistry Capstone Overview
That’s me at a neuroscience conference reporting on a year + of undergraduate research under Dr. Askvig at Concordia College. My fiance, Mitchell, is nex...
The Role of Synaptic Pruning in Autism
What is Autism? Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and re...
How Stress Can Lead to Obesity
We’ve all heard that stress can lead to weight gain, but how does it really do that? Chronic stress causes many harmful cycles that can lead to this excess weig...