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...
Tag: Neurochemistry
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 ...
Bipolar Disorder – What is it?
This past week, we were discussing bipolar disorder. From this broader topic, our group spent quite a bit of time discussing whether or not it should be consid...
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...
A Look into Bipolar
Mental illnesses have been more of a focus in medicine in the last decade because of the increased number of diagnosis. Bipolar otherwise known as manic-depres...
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...
Scooby-Doo and the Medical Marijuana Mystery
Before I break down the mechanisms behind medical marijuana, I would like to emphasize that I am not affiliating my favorite childhood T.V. show with marijuana ...
ALS – We Need to Care
I’m sure that in the past few months your news feed has been flooded with the Ice Bucket Challenge. It probably even got to the point where you couldn’t stand ...
Behind the Bucket: A mechanism behind ALS appears to be too much of a good thing
Before the ALS awareness social media frenzy, the term “ice bucket challenge” meant nothing more to me than the 5+ month reality of living in Minnesota, also kn...
Capstone: an unexpected surprise
I really didn’t know what to expect out of this semester. I needed a class that counted both as a capstone, as well as an elective for my major, and I settled ...