Brain tumor

GBM tumors biologically present a number of challenges for development of anticancer drugs and their delivery to the tumor site. Perhaps the biggest obstacle is the localization of tumors in the brain, which implies that the anti-cancer agent must be able to penetrate the blood brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is a highly selective permeability barrier that separates circulating blood from cerebrospinal fluid in the Central Nervous System (CNS). It is mainly formed by endothelial cells lining the…

I am writing a memo to compare two websites both giving information on nephroblastoma or Wilms Tumor. The websites I choose to compare are Medscape and Mayo Clinic. Advertising and marketing affect us more than we realize. The media, businesses and the internet are constantly evaluating their audience to see what attracts them and what gets their attention. Each company or website has their target audience. This is based on gender, education, age, social class and hobbies to name a few. They…

their characteristics. With this insight, how does one person’s brain compare to another when they both have committed the same crime? Is there a way for one person to justify that their actions were strictly from an uneven brain chemistry and that they should be allowed to get off scot free? The answer is no. Brain science should only be a small factor in court, but should not be the reason a criminal is able to walk. The concept of brain science and human testing has always been a…

trauma, tumors and other space occupying lesions, vascular diseases, degenerative disorders, infectious diseases and many others. Diagnosis and therapy The diagnosis is typically made based on the description of the seizure and the underlying cause. Electroencephalogram…

works on the brain and the brain only. They believe that a neurosurgeon is just like Dr. Shepherd on the hit show since 2005, Grey's anatomy. Little do they know that that's not what all neurosurgeons do. A neurosurgeon is a surgeon who specializes in the surgeries, and diagnostics treatment of the peripheral and central nervous system, which is the spine, nerves, and brain, this including trauma, tumors, vascular disorders, strokes, certain birth defects, and infections of the brain and the…

Neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis it a disease that effects the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and skin. Tumors grow under the skin or on the body’s nerves. NF is inherited from parent or from product gene mutations. The symptoms start with light brown spots on the skin another thing to look for would be bumps under skin. Also tiny tan clumps of pigment on the iris of eye. Any enlargement or malformation of bones. Scoliosis is one malformation that can happen. The doctor would examine skin for…

When the term epilepsy comes about I associate it with seizures, although there’s a difference between the two. Epilepsy can be defined as a neurological condition that is described by recurrent seizures. Epilepsy is a condition in which is not fully understood, yet there’s a significant amount of research. People that are diagnosed with epilepsy tend to have different type of seizures. Therefore, the occurrence, symptoms, and the type of seizure can differ with every person diagnosed with…

Overview Tuberous sclerosis, sometimes called tuberous sclerosis complex or TSC, is a rare genetic disorder that leads to the formation of benign tumors throughout many areas of the body. While the tumors themselves are not dangerous, they can cause other serious problems. The condition is usually first seen in infancy or childhood, although sometimes it is so mild that some patients are not diagnosed until they are adults. Sometimes it even goes undiagnosed. Conversely, the disorder can leave…

muscle spasms that can occasionally be quite painful. Caused by incorrect brain signals, these spasms pull on muscles in such a way that the body starts to move in twisting repetitive movements or causes it to assume abnormal postures. The condition may affect a single area of the body, or it could cause issues in several places at once. In some cases, dystonia can impact the entire body. It is not yet fully understood why the brain sends the incorrect signals that are associated with the…

glioma surgery is to get maximum resection of a tumor with minimal violation of normal brain tissue. A primary tenet of neurosurgical oncology is that survival can improve with greater tumor resection, but this principle must be tempered by the potential for functional loss after a radical removal. It has always been a challenge to achieve this ?functional? resection especially when eloquent cortex is close by or intimately involved with the tumor. Various methods of localizing eloquent…