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Cognitive dysfunction is common sequale after head injury and includes deficits in the domains of attention, visual-spatial, processing speed, memory, and executive functioning. In addition there are deficits with new learning, planning, problem solving, initiation thus making a holistic IDT approach to management essential. These deficits are likely due the diffuse nature of axonal injury and due to the susceptibility of the frontal and temporal lobes to injury. Current literature support the…

of medication aided detox. The problem with this is, however, that buprenorphine is actually, a mild opiate itself. Clinicians would say, and some still do, that buprenorphine is not able to cause a dependency because it is only a partial opiate agonist. However, the fact that there was the general assumption, that there would be a mild high at best, was not staving off the individuals that were going to try their hand at obtaining that high. Unfortunately, the use of Suboxone did little more…

drugs: for example, the stimulation of the gastric acid secretion in rats, cats or dogs; inhibition of rat uterus contractions. Some pointers to the differentiation of histamine receptors had been obtainedby considering the selectivity of action of agonists on these different tissue systems, and the results led Ash and…

Hallucinogens are a chemical substance that causes hallucinations. Hallucinations, derived from Latin, álucinari, means to ‘wander in the mind.’ Hallucinations includes all sensory perceptions whether real or not. Psychedelics, Greek derived, translates to ‘soul and mind manifesting’ and are a class of hallucinogens that are useful tools in gaining understanding of how the brain, mind and body works. The study is complex and requires a broad and deep knowledge of the various mechanisms and…

Alpha-synuclein is the protein in my second DNA sequence. Alpha-synuclein’s function in a healthy brain is unknown , but it is known that this protein causes Parkinson’s disease or PD. Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the nervous system which causes one to not be able to control their normal movements. The way this works is that there is a malfunction and death of neurons in the brain , specifically substantia nigra, which is the movement control center in the brain. These dying neurons…

Muscle fibres. There are three types of muscle fibres; type 1, type 2a and type 2b. A. Type 1: These fibres are slow twitch or slow oxidative fibres and are red due to the presence of large volumes of myoglobin. They contract slowly but can contract repeatedly over long periods. These fibres would be suitable for an athlete such as a marathon runner because this is an endurance sporting event that requires you to use aerobic energy which relies on oxygen from the blood for the supply of energy.…

with all medications, Lunesta has a physiological effect on the body along with many side effects, and to truly understand how this drug works, this paper will discuss Lunesta’s effect on the body, more specifically, on the brain. Lunesta, is an agonist for the brain’s Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid receptor (GABA). This means that Lunesta, or eszopiclone is able to bind to GABA, allowing this chemical to be more available to the brain. GABA is a natural amino acid in the human brain that works as a…

ABSTRACT: Muscle hypertrophy refers to increase in muscular size caused by expansion or increasing count of myofibrils (hyperplasia) within skeletal muscles. Resistance-based training causes microtrauma within myocytes of target muscles. Damage to muscle cells induce activation of myosatellite cells, which proliferate as myoblast [1]. Myoblasts differentiate and recover damaged cells as they fuse with the tissues, making the cell more durable than the original state. Satellite cells may…

receptors. An example is this is how cocaine affects norepinephrine and dopamine. An agonistic drug can fully avoid the neurotransmitter, flow into the synapse, bind with, and stimulate the neurotransmitter's receptors. Most that are abused are agonists of numerous neurotransmitters (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Dopamine is one of the many neurotransmitters that are…

Chemotherapy is chemical therapy that is a frequently used course of treatment for patients diagnosed with cancer. While this therapy can often improve prognoses, it also causes nausea, a generalized feeling of sickness, and emesis, a vomitus product of nausea. Chemotherapy induced emesis can cause critical manifestations that lead to a substandard patient quality of life and negatively influence his or her ability to comply with the therapy. This can result in patients prematurely discontinuing…