Why Endocannabinoids are the New Frontier
The stigma and restrictions surrounding the medicinal uses of endocannabinoids need to be lifted. Regardless of the conversation about legalizing endocannabinoi...
Tag: Neurochemistry
The Scandal of Banning Football and the Inevitable Concussion
The Inevitable Problem Concussions are inevitable. Regardless of the sport, concussions will always be a risk. The same can be said for everyday life. One can b...
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...
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...
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...
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Alzheimer's Disease
To be honest, I did not know much about Nitric Oxide (NO) before reading the scientific paper on the topic for our neurochemistry class. All I could have told ...
Neurochemistry: what I know for certain
I am going to come clean. I have no idea what is going on in the human brain. I know I have been shouting out into the black hole that is the internet about it ...