One of GCU's Research and Design Program teams wrote a research paper that was recently published in the Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry journal.
The title of the article is "Comparing psilocybin to metformin as neuroprotective agents against Parkinson's dementia: A systematic review of evidence and efficacy." The article discusses compounds that could potentially help prevent the development of Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Randall D. Ordovich-Clarkson, faculty in the College of Natural Sciences, was listed among the researchers along with adjunct faculty Maurice Jabbour, alumnus Caleb Blake, and students/research assistants Daniel Arteaga Pelayo, Daniel Lara, Sebastian La Croix, Macie Mumman, Shoshanah Stukas, Reagan Anderson, David Meraz, Anthony Bangura, Brooklyn Anderson and Luke Bamrud.
Four students who were part of the RDP group also presented their research at the Canyon Undergraduate Research Symposium. Article
