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    Essay On Epilepsy

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    Epilepsy is a chronic disorder with reoccurrence of unprovoked seizures that happens because of the electrical events that occur in the brain. An epileptic seiszure is a central nervous system disorder that affects neuron activity by causing an excessive amount of activity in the brain. This can be attributed to a large amount of action potentials that don’t allow for any relief, which can cause damage to the cell. Antiepileptic drug therapy for epilepsy even though proven to give relief to…

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    and semantic paraphasias and neologisms, or jargon aphasia. Patients are often unaware of their language disorder. Reading and writing are also impaired (Papathanasiou & Coppens, 2017). Conduction Aphasia Associated with lesions affecting the left temporal-parietal junction. It has been proposed that conduction aphasia results from damage to the insula, primary auditory cortex, and the supramarginal gyrus (Damasio, 1998). Type: Fluent Severity: Deficits in repetition and naming with preserved…

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    on your speech Questions: What part of our brains is responsible for incapability of communication? broca region- if damaged, can still read/understand other’s speech, trouble speaking/ moving facial muscles. in the left frontal lobe…

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    Epilepsy Vs Superstition

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    movement of limbs, abnormal strength, etc.; demon possession and epilepsy have much of the similar attributes. One a scientific view and analyses of these characteristics the other a belief with more spiritual strength behind its statements of the explanation of these actions. With many of the same characteristics and massive unwavering support, behind both explanations for much of the same symptoms behind demon possessions and epilepsy, there 's much dispute with spirituality and modern…

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    “So you think, so you become.” When ignorance, and poverty struck a whole nation, and the elite makes a call to god… “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Many have witnessed or heard about act of terrors in Haiti on the name of “Zombification,” causing by a group of undercover criminals. It is by itself a broad topic full of stupidity, but this idea is important to introduce what I want to tackle today.…

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    Williams states that a TBI can create deficiencies relating to thought, motor abilities, behavior, well-being, and depression (298). Kent Kiehl et al. of Yale University published a study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, which analyzes temporal lobe abnormalities in criminal psychopaths. Kiehl observes that structural deficiencies that cause fundamental behavior changes are a result of damage to the gray matter within the brain, specifically the prefrontal cortex. The gray matter of the…

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    Epilepsy Introduction

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    Introduction Epilepsy is known as Apasmara: apa, means negation or loss of; smara, means recollection or consciousness. Epilepsy known form thousands of years but came forward past hundred years. It was known from the Babylonians and Greeks also have records of epilepsy and they represent as Sacred Disease21. In India concept of epilepsy is known from ancient Indian medicine and it was developed during the Vedic period of .In the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita epilepsy is…

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    Essay On Epilepsy

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    Epilepsy is classified as a central nervous system disorder otherwise known as a neurological disorder, this means nerve cell activity in the brain is disorganized caused by an electrical disturbance thus triggering seizures, unusual behavior, odd symptoms and abnormal sensations. Another name for epilepsy is seizure. Epilepsy can start within a person at any age but is more common in young children and the elderly. According to Mayo Clinic, “About 1 in 26 people in the United States will…

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    Autism Autism spectrum disorder refers to a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication that begin at a young age, which commonly exhibits repetitive behaviors and restricted interests (Xiao et al., 2014). This pervasive developmental disorder is more prevalent in males than in females and has recently gained more attention because of its rapid increase in prevalence (Xiao et al., 2014). Today, it is estimated that 69.5 per…

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    The loss of ability performed by these lobes, cause symptoms that result in the Alzheimer’s Disease. In collaboration with each other, these parts all have special abilities that related them all each other. By this it is meant that such things as the ability to think cognitive thoughts involve…

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