Better Nutrition Mean Better Brain-Power The brain is the central processing unit that is in control of the mind, body, and all of its functions. A person's diet can directly affect the ability for the brain to learn and understand materials. Depending on the brain stimulating chemicals ...

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological disease that affects approximately one million persons in the United States. It primarily impacts the specific part of the brain that controls movement called the substantia nigra. This degeneration creates a shortage of the brain-signaling chemic...

You Are What You Eat People are, as the expression goes, what they eat. After all, the muscles in a person’s body, and the blood flowing through their veins, are all supplied by the food that he or she consumes. Understandably, these foods would also have an effect on the way the br...

For many years people have been aware of chemical substances that can change people's behavior by influencing their mood, their sensations, or their muscular coordination. These chemical, mind altering substances are known as psychoactive drugs (PaD). These PaD, depending on thei...

James Parkinson first described Parkinson's disease in England in 1817. Parkinson wrote a description of six patients suffering from a slowly progressing disease characterized by "involuntary tremulous motion, which lessened muscular power in parts not in action even when supported, with...

The DSM IV definition of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is: A. Either (1) six (or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level; or (2) six (or more) of the following s...

The DSM IV definition of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is: A. Either (1) six (or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level; or (2) six (or more) of the following s...

The research of stem cell biology has introduced possibilities of cellular replacement strategies, which, if successful, could create effective treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's Disease and Diabetes (type 1), as well as repairs to severe spinal cord injuries that were previously untreatab...