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 neurodegenerative disease. One of the best...
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Parkinson’s Disease – What’s Going On?
http://www.parkinsons.ie/userfiles/image/Sub%20Stantia%20Nigra.jpg Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopaminergic neurons in a specific part of the brain called the...
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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 involves a dissociation between thought,...
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What Happens In Addiction??
It can probably said that everybody struggles with addiction. Not only the classic examples that often first come to mind of drugs and alcohol, but coffee, Netflix, sugar, exercising, chocolate, sex,...
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*Insert Clever Title Regarding Parkinson’s Disease*
Parkinson’s disease is an interesting disorder that has many factors that contribute to its complexity. As most of us know, Parkinson’s is a well-publicized disease as there have been a few famous...
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Born Schizophrenic: Forever Schizophrenic?
Born Schizophrenic Picture yourself at 6 1/2 years old, no responsibilities or cares in the world. Now, imagine for a moment that you spend almost every single day within the depths of your home, you...
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Irreversible Addiction
Why do people let addictions take over their life? Why do they continue to take the drugs that seemingly destroyed their relationships, caused them to lose their job and often absorbed all their money?...
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Addiction: How Drugs Change Lives
From the media to movies to music, drugs are stigmatized as harmless and fun to do. It seems like every time I turn around a new celebrity is getting arrested for drug related incidents. There is...
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Dopamine: The Brain’s Pleasure Drug
When we think of drugs, we often think of the adverse effects that can be observed from the outside. Yellow teeth, saggy skin, hair loss are all common signs that someone is using drugs. But there is a...
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Once Hungry, Forever Eating: The Neurological Impacts Of Poor Diet On Obesity
The Obesity Problem According to the CDC, more than 1/3 of adults in the U.S. are obese. Why is this a problem? Why is obesity rising? Could we blame it on America’s fast-paced society and the growth...
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