Cerebral Palsy Research Papers

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and is the basis of all functions in the body. Consequently, when the brain suffers damage or is not formed correctly, the effects can be devastating to basic, normal bodily functions. There are an innumerable amount of pathologies and disorders that the brain can suffer from, and this paper will be focusing on just a few of the major, most common ailments. Cerebral palsy, cerebral infections, strokes, and degenerative brain diseases are some of the most common pathologies associated with the brain and these will be the main focus throughout this paper.

Cerebral palsy, a very common developmental neurological disorder, appears in the early infant years and beginning stages of childhood. Cerebral palsy, or CP for short, can be caused by abnormal development in utero or by some sort of trauma during the brain’s developmental stages. In most cases, CP is congenital. Only a small number of cases are caused by trauma after a baby’s birth. In either situation however, the effects cannot be fixed and will be seen …show more content…
When a child begins exhibiting delays in normal motor skills or other signs of abnormal cognitive function, a doctor will begin to administer tests and monitor a childs development or lack thereof. Once he or she suspects cerebral palsy, the next step would be ordering a type of neuroimaging test. This could be a cranial ultrasound, a computed tomography scan, or a magnetic resonance image. A magnetic resonance imaging scan, or MRI, is the most advantageous, since it can show finer details of the brain than any of the other imaging modalities. Once CP has been diagnosed, a treatment plan can be put into place to help make cerebral palsy more manageable so that any affected person can live a more productive and full