Autism and Marijuana...

This morning, “Good Morning America,” a popular morning news program in the U.S. told the story of a mother with an autistic child who was “treating” him with marijuana. I use quotation marks, and will make other cautionary notes here, because this blog is not meant to represent...

Your teacher was wrong!...

I studied neuroscience in college and subsequently taught it for three years at university. One of the central tenants of the course I studied and taught was the dogma of synaptic transmission. The basic tenant of this dogma is that neurons communicate exclusively by sending chemical signals across the...

SNP Snoop: BDNF and driving ability; fai...

Could an alternative version of your brain-derived neurotropic factor be an excuse for your failed road test? According to research published in the Journal, Cerebral Cortex, by Stephanie McHughen  et.al., a key SNP in BDNF (valine 66 mutated to methionine) impacts learning and memory functions, cognitive...