Basal ganglia

The legalization of marijuana has been a frequently debated topic all over the world with many countries legalizing marijuana usage. However, marijuana use and cultivation is illegal in Canada, except for patients who can use medicinal marijuana if they are approved under the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (Health Canada, 2014). The risk of marijuana legalization to adolescents is more than it is a risk to adults, even if the legalization comes with an age limit like Centre for Addiction…

This disease is more likely to affect the middle-aged and elderly people than the young people. Most people live with this for years until noticing it. This type of disease happens in the brain, the nervous system, and the areas are called the “basal ganglia” and the “substantia nigra”. A person’s brain gradually stops producing dopamine, if you don’t know what dopamine is, it is a neurotransmitter for the body. When someone has less dopamine inside of them it reduces their ability to coordinate…

chapter 7 it tells how memory works and how it could process very quickly. Some memory could be very short which you may forget like an incident it occurs from as this experience I had went through what part of the brain is being involved like the basal ganglia and…

It is an important and interesting question on how feelings and emotions emerge inside our human bodies. It is a known and general fact that emotions come from the brain, yet it is also evident that specific areas of brain are responsible for productions of feelings. In order to better understand the production mechanism, it is vital to get deeper into the brain’s emotional map and examine particular areas. One of these specialized areas of central interest is the amygdala that is responsible…

Parkinson’s Disease Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive disease of the nervous system affecting movement. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter concentrated in the substania nigra, part of the basal ganglia, and is important in controlling smooth, coordinated movement. When dopamine-producing cells die or fail to produce enough dopamine neurodegeneration occurs and Parkinson’s symptoms begin to appear. When the brain loses dopamine cells, dopamine and acetylcholine are put out of balance and…

An individual that utilizes denial as a coping skill throughout their life is extraordinarily nimble at avoiding glaring behaviors and actions of themselves and the people that they love. The motivation of drive theory of denial allows the individual in denial to reduce their inner turmoil and tension by pretending the unwanted situations are not there. As an example, Jean is a middle child in a family of six. She is the only girl and if often overwhelmed by the boys arguing and rough housing.…

Why do children we all once loves so dear, become cold hardened criminals and later delinquents?.The truth is, a host of issues contribute to antisocial and criminal behavior. Sometimes, things happen that a mother cannot help. Emergencies during pregnancy or delivery may cause the doctor to have to perform an emergency extraction of some type to the fetus. Surprise! such a procedure may make the young newborns susceptible to antisocial personality. In add to birth complications, unfortunate…

Term Paper Proposal: Clinical Case Assessment Research Paper Introduction The character, Melvin Udall, from the film As Good As It Gets (1997), played by Jack Nicholson, will serve as the client for this case study. Previously, Melvin, a successful author, received a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder by his psychiatrist, Dr. Green. Recent changes in his life provoked a desire within Melvin to take his medication, and reestablish therapeutic sessions, after abandoning them two years…

Introduction The statistics regarding the increase in ADHD rates in the United States over the past years are alarming. This issue is of great concern to not only adolescents but parents. Each year ADHD diagnoses are on the rise. The percentage goes up three present each year. In 2011 approximately 6.4 million adolescents were diagnosed with ADHD in the United States alone. Each year diagnoses go up by three percent. If this is true than as of 2016 there are on average 7.3 million adolescents…

Unit 4 – Fiona Bennett Brain Science In this unit I will be investigating the structure of the brain. The human brain is responsible for everything that happens in our bodies. On average the brain weighs 1.5 kilograms. It is one the most complex organs in the human body. The brain controls everything from coordinating movements to constructing sentences and even simple things like breathing. The brain is supplied with oxygen to keep it alive by a network of blood vessels. Structure of the brain…