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Pain modulation
Pain modulation is a biological process in which the body alters a pain signal while it is transmitted throughout the body. When different people experience a different response to the same stimulus, the differing perception of pain is explained by the process of pain modulation.
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NOV 20, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more popular, many healthcare professionals are starting to consider the plant as a part of ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 21, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Many notice that after regularly smoking cannabis, it takes more and more to feel its effects- if any at all. While abst ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 18, 2020Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 20, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Between 1% and 2% of the world's population suffers from chronic migraines. Researchers from Israel have now found t ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 04, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the two most famous compounds in cannabis. While CBD is known for i ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It may one day be possible to treat hormone-related diseases using this method.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The collection of blood for diagnostic tests is common practice in clinical settings. However, technicians often need to ...Written By: Lawrence RennaJAN 16, 2020Neuroscience
Physicians and neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh have developed Apollo- a wearable they claim helps the bo ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2019Health & Medicine
What is happiness? People have agonized over this philosophical question for centuries. Scientifically speaking, the an ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorMAY 30, 2019Cancer
Palliative radiation is often used to treat the pain that accompanies metastatic bone tumors. How much and how often to ...Written By: Julia TraversAPR 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
A compound found in a native African shrub revealed three major types of the serotonin transporter—a protein in th ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 01, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been touted as the "safe" cannabinoid, different from its psychoactive cousin delta9 ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 21, 2019Cannabis Sciences
According to Forbes.com, a company called Space Tango, co-founded by Kris Kimel, is interested in how hemp grows in low- ...Written By: Amy LoriauxJAN 03, 2019Cannabis Sciences
The nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, the endocrine system; these are all physiological sy ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 17, 2018Health & Medicine
Microglia are in primed states when injury happens and acute exposure to opioids activates them further creating pain se ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 09, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is one of the body's largest network of neurotransmitters, receptors, and neu ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 06, 2018Cannabis Sciences
A recent press release from the pharmaceutical company Integral Molecular, written by Kate Kadash-Edmondson, has de ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 03, 2018Neuroscience
Brain stentrode, a brain interfacing electrode that is implanted within a blood vesselWritten By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 01, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Many of us are aware of the relatively new discovery of the endocannabinoid system (ECS). This is the system which is hi ...Written By: Amy LoriauxOCT 07, 2018Technology
Developers at the University of Texas at Arlington have recently patented a smart seat cushion that utilizes changes in ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 22, 2018Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products become more popular, many healthcare professionals are starting to consider the plant as a part of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative illness that damages motor neurons and leads to progressive m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 21, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Many notice that after regularly smoking cannabis, it takes more and more to feel its effects- if any at all. While abst
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 18, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
General anesthesia refers to the medical procedure anesthesiologists applies to patients, in order to induce paraly
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 20, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Between 1% and 2% of the world's population suffers from chronic migraines. Researchers from Israel have now found t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the two most famous compounds in cannabis. While CBD is known for i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It may one day be possible to treat hormone-related diseases using this method.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The collection of blood for diagnostic tests is common practice in clinical settings. However, technicians often need to
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
JAN 16, 2020
Neuroscience
Physicians and neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh have developed Apollo- a wearable they claim helps the bo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
What is happiness? People have agonized over this philosophical question for centuries. Scientifically speaking, the an
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
MAY 30, 2019
Cancer
Palliative radiation is often used to treat the pain that accompanies metastatic bone tumors. How much and how often to
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A compound found in a native African shrub revealed three major types of the serotonin transporter—a protein in th
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 01, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has been touted as the "safe" cannabinoid, different from its psychoactive cousin delta9
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 21, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
According to Forbes.com, a company called Space Tango, co-founded by Kris Kimel, is interested in how hemp grows in low-
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 03, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
The nervous system, the cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, the endocrine system; these are all physiological sy
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 17, 2018
Health & Medicine
Microglia are in primed states when injury happens and acute exposure to opioids activates them further creating pain se
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 09, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The human endocannabinoid system (ECS) is one of the body's largest network of neurotransmitters, receptors, and neu
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 06, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
A recent press release from the pharmaceutical company Integral Molecular, written by Kate Kadash-Edmondson, has de
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Brain stentrode, a brain interfacing electrode that is implanted within a blood vessel
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 01, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Many of us are aware of the relatively new discovery of the endocannabinoid system (ECS). This is the system which is hi
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
OCT 07, 2018
Technology
Developers at the University of Texas at Arlington have recently patented a smart seat cushion that utilizes changes in
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 22, 2018
Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch