How Exercise Can Improve Brain Function

It has been proven in various studies that physical activity can significantly improve brain health. However, many of those studies involve uniquely aerobic forms of exercise, and exclude resistance training forms of exercise. A few examples of aerobic forms of exercise would be walking, running, hiking, biking, swimming, etc. Resistance training includes free weights, medicine…

Higher Volumes of Hippocampal Subfields in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric condition involving recurrent and intrusive thoughts and repetitive actions. OCD can be debilitating and can negatively impact family, school, and social functioning. 2.5% of children and adolescents struggle with OCD, and approximately 76% of OCD patients begin to show symptoms at an early age. Recent research has identified the…

Exercising and Psychoeducation Bettering the Mental Heath of Adolescence

Adolescents with mood disorders including depression can have a difficult time trying to deal with their mood disorder, but a new study can help. Exercising and psychoeducation a few times, a week could have promising effects to better the mood of the adolescent. Psychoeducation consists of group games, poetry reading, and singing. When the only…

Can the Secretome of Mesenchymal Stem Cells be Used to Effectively Treat Alzheimer’s Disease?

Can the Secretome of Mesenchymal Stem Cells be Used to Effectively Treat Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is one of the many forms that dementia can come in and is the most prevalent form of dementia in the elderly population. Alzheimer’s results in clots formed in the brain due to a product known as beta-amyloid. Alzheimer’s…

Proposed Mechanism and Routes of Action Of COVID-19 Induced Neurological Dysfunction

Proposed Mechanism and Routes of Action Of COVID-19  Induced Neurological Dysfunction           COVID-19, arguably one of the greatest public health crises of the generation, is misinterpreted commonly and thought by many to only affect our respiratory (breathing) system due to the overwhelming damage it is capable of causing to our lungs.…

Does COVID-19 Damage the Central Nervous System?

            In early 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) suddenly impacted lives across the globe. We rushed to adapt our everyday lives as the world went into panic mode. Quarantine, isolation, and social distancing were terms we were to soon become familiar with. COVID-19 was and continues to be life-threatening and…

Caffeine & Cognition

Caffeine, mainly found and consumed in the form of coffee, is the most widely used and accepted psychoactive drug worldwide (Yuan et al. 2020). For most students, especially ones in university, coffee and the caffeine it contains could become like your best-friend as you work through what could feel like an endless array of classes,…