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Reflection: For this project, we had to pick a condition that can affect the function and the physiology of the brain. We decided to focus on drug addiction. This is a big epidemic in the US with opioids and heroin.  I learned that drugs flow to your reward system so that your body wants to intake more. Drugs harm the Limbic System, the brain stem, and the Cerebral Cortex.  During our research, we also found ways to stop drug addiction.

For this evolutionary project, my group studied the evolution of the reproductive system for different organisms. We compared multiple living creatures reproductive systems and for our final animal we chose a lion. Lions seemed fairly plausible to choose because they are mammals and they just look cool. Aside from looking cool, the lion, as well as the other organisms taught us that many living creatures are similar. No matter how they look, more often than not they are fairly similar with only subtle differences.

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What I've learned through this project is what schizophrenia is, how it works, and how it affects the body. I was pretty surprised by the fact that no one really knows what causes schizophrenia and that there's no cure for it. Although the disorder itself is pretty rare, I still think that the government should take priority by funding organizations to try and find a cure for such a depressing disorder. Another thing that I learned was how it actually affects the brain.

Through this project I learned a lot about schizophrenia that I hadn't known before. For example I always used to think that people with schizophrenia were insane and belonged in a mental asylum. I didn't really know why I thought this, but when I thought about it I found that it was how the disease was portrayed in media that led me to believe this. I think that other people like me need to understand that schizophrenia is a fairly common disease and does not cause you to become mentally inept, it just makes life a little more difficult for the people who have it and we should do our best to help them in any way that we can. After having completed this project I am wondering if they will ever find a cure for schizophrenia; as it is now there is only treatments that help to partially subdue its affects on the homeostasis of the body. 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NToIWu2Tv54MsryUl-wl1_gNaY-D7ejKBfaM94cKDws/edit?usp=sharing 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U4hF1ArRTzm_6JZnz6mWVCAPY19A5r9HA1XGKFUIIuM/edit?usp=sharing 

I learned that a lot of times when you are diagnosed with epilepsy it is because of at least two  unprovoked seizures. Seizures directly mess with our memories but messing up the hippocampus. One of the main wanderings I have is how they can diagnose you with epilepsy through blood tests. How does with give you a low sperm count.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZAz28lYQQFnhdjH4Y6nJ3Kil0TS5EFFHrEqxptNKKkM/edit?usp=sharing

During this project I have came across many things that we have learned in class. Some things that were familiar to me were the process of mitosis and meiosis. They both are a huge part in the reproductive system involving animals, plants, animals etc. I also learned more about the reproductive organs in worms, frogs, humans, and the main animal we focused on lions. All of their reproductive organs are different but they all produce offspring.

During this benchmark, we compared animals and how their reproductive systems are different and similar. We used the lion as our last animal because they are very much like humans and have almost the same reproductive systems with slight differences. What I learned through this project is that most animals have the same body structures and we are not very diiferent. Every animal has reproductive system and structures that makes reproduction even possible.

Reflection: After completing this project, I can honestly say that I learned a lot outside of just what Ms. Aziz taught us. I obviously learned about comas and how they are triggered and what's happening in the CNS. But I also came across some new terminology that I have never heard of before. For example  inhibitory versus excitatory  I am sad to say that there is still no cure for comas and that neurologists still don't know how to break them.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tUdTFuoEEXkif8oMeeJrW-yy4_zp2NyDX9xQm6Y9Vis/edit?usp=sharing​