Behind Schizophrenia: Research and Understanding
This past week, the Concordia Neurochemistry Class talked about the neurology behind Schizophrenia, which is a long-term, developmental mental disorder that inv...
Tag: Dopamine
Parkinson's Disease – What's going on?
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopaminergic neurons in a specific part of the brain called the substantia nigra...
Parkinson's: A Disease or a Syndrome?
One of the most important themes I’ve gathered from my time in my neurochemistry class is the theme of ambiguity when trying to determine the cause of a neurode...
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...
Join the Dopamine Craze!
Often times in college I find myself staring at a piece of paper and thinking, “huh?” I have found that this is the case for many other people as well; it’s jus...
Wait, what?
One thing to know before you dive into anything on this blog. This stuff is very complicated. This weeks article in particular was very scientifically based an...
Nuts and Bolts of the Akt/GSK3 Pathway
Over the past week in my neurochemistry class, we discussed and learned more about an important pathway in the brain. The pathway I am referring to is called th...
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...
Akt and GSK3: Not Just Two Acronyms Someone Uses in a Lab
This week in class, we discussed the Akt-GSK3 pathway. The obscure name is enough to make most readers click on or scroll down, but before you do, I recommend y...
Akt/GSK3 Pathway: Quick and Dirty Version
Let’s be honest…after a week of dissecting the article “Beyond cAMP: the regulation of Akt and GSK3 by dopamine receptors,” I barely understand any of it....