Emine Topcu
A Shocking Method: Electro-Convulsive Therapy
What comes to your mind when you hear "Electro-Convulsive Therapy"? Do you directly think about electro-shock and remember a movie scene?...
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Emma
Sep 6, 20233 min
The First-Line Combo: SSRI and CBT
Pharmacological interventions for psychiatric and neurological conditions often target neurotransmitters including dopamine,...
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Tanisse Epp
Aug 16, 20234 min
Catalyzing Change: Exploring the Potential of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Research has used a wide range of techniques to understand the role of specific brain regions. The one that has provided the most...
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jessicascheufen
Nov 18, 20224 min
Cannabis and Pain
Image by Pixabay Cannabis has been used in medicine dated back as long ago as 2900 BC (1). This has to do with your endocannabinoid...
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Tanisse Epp
Nov 7, 20224 min
The Overlooked Epidemic: A Discussion On The Canadian Opioid Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has vastly consumed our news channels, daily conversations, government policies, and hygiene practices for the past...
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Emine Topcu
Nov 4, 20225 min
Music the Painkiller
We talked about music therapy in various contexts. To close our music series and start a new series on “pain,” we thought talking about...
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Claire
Oct 18, 20223 min
Music Education: A Tool for Social and Emotional Learning
We are exposed to several important social and learning environments throughout development such as school, daycare, extracurricular...
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jessicascheufen
Oct 7, 20223 min
Music for Mental Health- Crutch or Kryptonite?
Many people use music as a form of therapy. It makes us glow when we're happy and it helps us heal when we're blue. Over the past 20-25...
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Tanisse Epp
Sep 28, 20223 min
The Potential for Music in the Treatment of Addiction
Drug addiction is a worldwide epidemic, with the number of drug overdose deaths increasing by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has...
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Emine Topcu
Sep 20, 20222 min
Singing in the Brain
I never met someone who says they don’t like music. Music is accepted as a universal language, enjoyed by all cultures. Yet, despite...
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Emine Topcu
Aug 1, 20223 min
Ageing: It’s not all bad news
We talked about various aspects of ageing and its impacts on the brain. It is scary to get old and lose some of the capabilities that we...
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Emine Topcu
Jun 21, 20224 min
Ageing and Memory – Part II
In my previous post, I briefly mentioned the theories behind what is happening to our brain that causes normal memory impairments and...
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Emine Topcu
Jun 13, 20224 min
Ageing and Memory - Part I
In the past half a century, the improvements in medicine caused a huge increase in life expectancy. With longer lives, we started to see...
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jessicascheufen
Jun 8, 20223 min
What did you say?
One of the most intrinsic components of aging is hearing loss. Over time, damage to your ears results in the loss of inner ear hair cells...
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Tanisse Epp
May 23, 20225 min
The Red Wine Controversy: Does A Glass A Day Really Keep the Doctor Away?
The notion that moderate amounts of alcohol can provide health benefits swept the nation, with headlines shouting, “Red Wines ‘Magical’...
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Emma
May 14, 20222 min
Growing Wiser
The average life expectancy for a Canadian in 2022 is 82.81 years old, which is a stark increase from 71.2 years old, 50 years ago (1)....
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Claire
Apr 28, 20223 min
The Future of Psychedelics in Canada: What Changed and What's Next?
Throughout this series of posts, we have discussed the history of psychedelic research, the neuropharmacology of psychedelics, and the...
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Emine Topcu
Apr 4, 20227 min
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - of Psychedelics Research
In 1960s Harvard University housed a very noteworthy entity. It is not possible to talk about the history of psychedelic research without...
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Tanisse Epp
Mar 24, 20223 min
Women in Psychedelics Panel, Hosted by UBC Psychedelic Society: A Review
On Tuesday, March 8th, 2022, I had the pleasure of attending the “Women in Psychedelics Panel” hosted by the University of British...
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jessicascheufen
Mar 18, 20225 min
Over the counter and outside the box
To continue our discussion on the legalization of psychedelics for medical use in Canada, I will now discuss the neuropharmacology of...
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