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Diabetes and its Role as a Major Contributing Factor to Peripheral Neuropathy
Abstract Individuals with unmanaged diabetes have a much higher risk of developing peripheral neuropathy. With cases of diabetes continuing to spike around the world, more people are living with nerve damage that may progressively get worse. One of the strongest possibilities as to how diabetes may lead to peripheral neuropathy is related to any damage…
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The Detrimental Effects of Substance Use Disorders on the Adolescent Prefrontal Cortex and Basal Ganglia
The teenage years in an individual’s life are tumultuous, both physiologically and emotionally. Societal and academic expectations skyrocket, combined with bodily and cognitive developments outside of their scope of comprehension These pressures may lead to the development of a Substance Use Disorder (SUD). An SUD can be categorized as a coping mechanism for the teenage…
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Immunological and Neurological Basis of Fever
Abstract One of the many symptoms that the majority of mammalian diseases have in common is the higher-than-normal body temperature of the patient, a condition commonly known as fever. When it comes to infectious factors, fever is a characteristic response of the host to many bacterial pathogens, and depending on a plethora of variables, it…
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Cholinergic Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Abstract Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a form of dementia and a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive loss of cognitive function and memory, affecting about 50 million patients worldwide. AD is categorized into early-onset and late-onset. Ongoing research is being conducted on the suspected pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. In 1976, Peter Davies and A. J. F.…
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS IN MAXIMIZING DRUG BENEFITS: THE FIELD OF CHRONOTHERAPEUTICS
Abstract This paper explores the applications of chronotherapy in aligning medical treatments with the body’s circadian rhythms, which are regulated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the brain. The primary aim is to illustrate how circadian rhythms influence physiological processes and the potential for enhanced drug efficacy when treatments are timed accordingly. Key case studies…
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A Pilot Study on Eye Movements and Cognition Modes as Predicted by the Neurolinguistic Programming Model
Roan Mee Elphinstone Secondary School Gibsons, BC, Canada Glen MacPherson, PhD (Supervisor) ABSTRACT The premise of this study was to determine the validity of the Neurolinguistic programing model as it related to eye movements and cognition modes. Participants were 30 high school students of ages 14-18 of both sexes and varied handedness. The study methods…
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The Effects of Meditation on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
Hannah Jung Elphinstone Secondary, Gibsons, BC, Canada June, 2016 Supervisor: Glen MacPherson, PhD. Abstract The effects of meditation on blood pressure and heart rate were studied. The participants were 17 students (four females and 13 males) selected from a Psychology class at a mid-sized high school in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.…
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Luck or Lies – A Comparative Study of Honesty in Children
Kailyn Pritchard Elphinstone Secondary, Gibsons, B.C. June 5, 2015 The likelihood of honesty in children, ranging in age from five to twelve, when lying would be beneficial to them was studied. Fifty-seven students from a local elementary school on the Sunshine Coast, BC, were asked to flip a coin behind a screen, and report their…