Atrophy

Just as with grey matter, the cells in the white matter atrophy, resulting in shrinkage. Homeostasis is affected by this atrophy of cells, and can cause lesions on the brain in the white matter. These lesions can effect cognitive abilities in similar ways as they do in the grey matter, for example, by inducing symptoms of dementia. There are…

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Computed tomography (CT) scanning technology was discovered in 1972 and revolutionized the world of neuroimaging (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). The CT scan was the first technique to allow the imaging of brain tissue in living patients (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). During a CT scan, a patient lies on a flat surface, which incrementally moves through what is referred to as a gantry (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). A gantry is a round shaped structure that contains a motorized x-ray source…

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stress causes dendritic atrophy in the rodent’s hippocampal CA 3 pyramidal neurons. Chronic stress can inhibit neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus as well as cause hippocampal volume loss. This loss of volume is not associated with neuronal loss nor is it limited to the dentate gyrus, which could suggest that reduced neurogenesis may not be the only contributing factor. There is a relation…

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significantly dropped (Griggs). However, not only have trials of this method been limited, but putting someone in an inactive state for extended periods would worsen the effects of bone loss and muscle atrophy. What makes this especially challenging is that humans do not naturally hibernate, and so muscle atrophy would occur simply from inactivity (Brower), much less microgravity. Patients that were bedridden for extended periods have been noted to have low levels of nitrogen due to lower muscle…

The earliest and most severe site of atrophy occurs in the neostriatum (see figure 3 [12]). Gross atrophy occurs in the caudate nucleus and putamen, and this atrophy is accompanied by selective neuronal loss and astrogliosis [1]. The progressive shrinkage of the striatum correlates with the severity and progression of the disease, with almost no striatal…

Skeletal muscle wasting or skeletal muscle atrophy is common symptoms in a variety of chronic diseases such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), muscle denervation, muscle immobility, Diabetes, and cancer. In the cancer cachexia, there is skeletal muscle wasting phenomenon. Skeletal muscle wasting may cause respiratory system dysfunction and reduce the patient’s mobility and quality of life. The prevalence of cancer cachexia is estimated to…

In this article, the authors tested five individuals who were categorized as fluent dysphasia with severe anomia (Hodges, Patterson, Oxbury, & Funnell, 1992). It explains that semantic memory is important for comprehension and it outlines the percentage of the long term memory. This kind of memory assists with picture-picture matching and item naming. The researchers recognized that all five individuals’ vocabularies decreased dramatically since their conditions first occurred. The individuals…