Brain damage

Alzheimer’s is a permanent brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills. It will eventually inhibit the ability to carry out the simplest daily tasks. More than 5 million people have the disorder. Adults younger than the age of 65 account for almost 500,000 cases. There are seven stages to Alzheimer’s. These seven stages range from no impairment to severe dementia. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning that interferes with a person’s daily life. Alzheimer’s disease is…

The Nervous System The nervous system is one of the most important systems in the human body because it sends out messages from the brain into the body parts and coordinates the body activities. This allows the body to have and be in control. The two major systems in the nervous system are the peripheral system and the central system. The autonomic nervous system is the last nervous system which controls internal body functions such as temperature regulation, blood pressure, and all other…

it due to external environment factors. Regardless, trauma is the main causal factor for the onset of dissociative amnesia. The film and its sequel, however, suggest that Dory might have been born with this mental disorder as there is no trauma or damage seen, which would be an inaccurate portrayal. Overall, the portrayal of anterograde amnesia by Dory in Finding Nemo was mostly…

several techniques to understand the relationship between brain and behaviour. However, the lesion method is the best one to establish that an area is involved in a certain task. Lesion studies have been beneficial in identifying these relationships based on examining brain damaged people. This paper will argue the important contributions the lesion method has made to neuroscience while exposing the problems associated with the functional brain imaging technique. The lesion method is central to…

skin and upper eyelid areas. This abnormal growth of blood vessels happens at the most inner layer of the skull that wrap around the brain. As a result, this creates pressure on the brain as well as the central nervous system and causes the physical characteristics of facial port-wine stain (PWS). (Mantelli 2016-NCBI). In addition to the PWS, the pressure on the brain leads to other complications like perpetual seizures, mental retardation.…

risk exposure to enzymes that degrade or destroy them. Thalamus: Thalamus is the gray matter in the brain between the midbrain and the cerebral cortex. If the thalamus is damaged might result in the loss or partial loss of any or all of those sensations. Corpus Callosum: It allows the exchange of information between the two spheres of our brain. If we did not have it, the two spheres of our brain would be unable to transmit information to each other hence no communication would occur. Wernicke’s…

either be an MRI which shows the brain, spinal cord, or other areas in an image. A CSF diagnosis is a liquid that is colorless in which bathes your brain and spinal cord which is being a shock absorber. Also, the EP diagnosis where it measures the electrical activity of the brain in response to stimulation from specific sensory nerve pathways. The immune system, responsible for most of the MS symptoms The cause of MS is damage to the myelin in the CNS and also damage to the nerve fibers.…

how shock waves will cause damage the membrane proteins for a patient suffering from brain injury. These shock wave TBIs have become common with improvised explosive devices that we have seen used in Iraq and Afghanistan. Experts estimate that around 230,000 military veterans have suffered from TBI between 2001 to 2014. The problem is that we do not deeply understand how this takes place. Researchers are not sure how exposure to the blast from explosives can cause a brain injury, but the…

The human visual system allows us to make sense of our environment. This system requires communication between the main organ (the eye) and the core organ (the brain) to understand external stimuli. The eye is extremely complex and requires various components for it to complete its function. The eye has 3 main layers the sclera, which maintains and supports the shape of the eye; the choroid, which provides oxygen and nourishment to the eye and includes the pupil, iris, lens; and the retina,…

new trail based on a newly discovered finding of brain damage. After being convicted, brain scans show that the hippocampus, the part of the brain that regulates emotion, has shrunk from previous head trauma. Had they known before the trial they could have pushed for a lesser sentence. Eric Williams' attorneys would have given a case based on damage to his brain caused by his uncontrolled diabetes. There is a link between diabetes and brain damage, however, it it more likely to cause him to…