Dopamine – Have Researchers Found the Missing Piece to the Autism Puzzle?
Imagine a world where you never know what the person next to you is thinking or how they’re feeling. Imagine attending social events or new experiences that are...
Tag: neuroscience
Alzheimer’s Prevention: Can Lifestyle Changes Make a Difference
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that falls under the broader category of dementia. Symptoms include impaired cognitive function, changes in behavior,...
Genetic Mutations and Concussions: A Hidden Risk Factor
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly known as a concussion, is one of the most frequent brain injuries, affecting millions of people each year. It often...
The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System: A Key Player In Brain Health and Disease
Figure 1 [1] Your brain is like a smartphone, dropping it, similar to a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It may look fine on the outside, but on the inside, the te...
A World Without Empathy: An Insight into Antisocial Personality Disorder
pexels.com stock photo by Darya Sannikova Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a mental health condition characterized by disregard for the r...
The Making of a Psychopath
What is a psychopath? Most likely when you think of a psychopath, you probably think of a person like Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. Although t...
Let’s Talk about Brain Cancer
What is Glioblastoma? In short, glioblastoma (GBM) is brain cancer. More specifically, it is a very lethal brain tumor, sometimes becoming invasive to other par...
Addiction: Is It Really A Choice?
Artwork by Olivia Pederson What is Addiction? In simple terms, addiction is a loss of control of drug use. The word “drug” doesn’t mean you ca...
Oral Hypoglycemics to Treat Alzheimers?
Alzheimer’s and The Brain: Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that results in memory loss and decreased cognitive function. It begins by at...
Neurochemistry: Integrating and Applying Liberal Arts Education Goals
Neurochemistry has allowed me to integrate and apply the skills and competencies that a liberal arts education at Concordia College strives all students to meet...