Brain damage

going to talk about how the brain is still developing during the teenage years, the dangers that a lack of sleeping or sleep deprivation can cause, and the effects of interrupting sleep cycles. The human brain develops from birth all the way through a human’s late 20s and early 30s. Sleep is a major factor in the productivity of the brain. The brain controls everything in the entire body and it needs to have a significant resting period to regenerate the body and brain. “The most recent…

functions. Part of the central nervous system (CNS), the spinal cord help assist the brain to carry out every day routines. The spinal cord is significant structure in the body that is 45 centimeters in length. The spinal cord is part of a pathway from the brain to the muscles. The spinal cord is inserted into the base of the brain stem. There are many parts that deals with the spinal to help the body and the brain to send out or to do functions. Structures such as the vertebras to meninges,…

A prion is a infectious protein agent and the specific name of prion in BSE is PrP scrapie(PrPSc). The normal protein that is being acted upon by the protein is called cellular prion protein(PrPc). Prions are a problem because they are an abnormal form of a normal protein that is misfolded without an immune response. The strings of amino acids are put together to make proteins inside cell. Then they are then pushed together and folded into a framework letting them function properly. These prion…

receptors within the muscles, tendons and joints in the head, neck and cervical spine. These coordinate with signals from receptors in the inner ear and the visual system to send information to the brain to coordinate movement. So traumatic damage to any of these areas can send altered nerve signals to the brain, as well as inhibiting normal reflexes between the eyes, neck and the inner ear that control posture and balance. This is what causes imbalance and dizziness. Vestibular Rehabilitation…

is a concussion and how does it affect our health? • What research is being done on concussions and the long term affect it has on your brain? • How is youth football implementing techniques to protect kids from concussions? BACKGROUND: THE DEFINITION OF A CONCUSSION A concussion is usually brought on by a blow to the head, depending on how severe the damage is depends on how long it will take for recovery. With a less severe concussion healing time should be fast and you should recover fully…

Cerebral Palsy is a neurological disorder, caused by brain damage, which affects body movement and muscle coordination. “The brain damage is caused by brain injury or abnormal development of the brain that occurs while a child’s brain is still developing — before birth, during birth, or immediately after birth” (MyChild, 2016). No two cases of cerebral palsy are alike. Cerebral palsy is life altering and those diagnosed with this chronic disease have to learn to adapt in every different aspect…

chronic disorder with reoccurrence of unprovoked seizures that happens because of the electrical events that occur in the brain. An epileptic seiszure is a central nervous system disorder that affects neuron activity by causing an excessive amount of activity in the brain. This can be attributed to a large amount of action potentials that don’t allow for any relief, which can cause damage to the cell. Antiepileptic drug therapy for epilepsy even though proven to give relief to many patients,…

Understanding the Key Aspects of the Brain and the Nervous System. The entire human body activity relies on the brain function, in this first section of this report I will try to discuss the major structures, the functions as well as the major methods of studying the brain. The brain is in charge of all body functions, such as the ability to make decisions, do activities, learning and all everyday life stuff. The brain is situated in the skull protected by brain blood fluid. In the second…

advice with a deeper understanding of language and its manifestation in our brains. Introduction: Language in the Brain The understanding of language has progressed mainly from studying abnormal conditions, most importantly post-mortem analysis of patients with language disorders after brain damage (Geschwind, 1972). A disturbance of language resulting from brain damage is known as aphasia. The loss of speech from brain damage had been described before the 19th century, but it was not until…

in MS has been shown to correlate with different indices of brain pathology as revealed by MRI.  Lesions and atrophy: Studies have shown that global markers of impaired cognition have been linked to total hyper- and hypo-intense lesion volume (Rovaris et al., 1998; Lazeron et al., 2005; Sperling et al., 2001; Rao et al., 1989). This may be due to the lesions disrupting cortical-cortical connections (Lezak, Howieson& Loring, 2004). Brain atrophy is found to be a more powerful predictor of…