Brain

traumatic brain injury is a sudden injury to the head causing damage to the brain. It can be a closed head injury or a penetrating one. It can affect one area of the brain or more than one area. When there is a penetration, the skull will be pierced and a piece of the bone from the skull may enter the brain tissue. With a closed head injury, there is no break in the skull. A skull fracture is when the skull cracks and broken pieces of bone cut into the brain. The different types of traumatic…

10 percent of their brains and have a huge capacity left. When I was young, my friend told me that since Einstein uses more percentage of his brain, he is smarter than ordinary people, who only use 10 percent of the brain. I was completely believed the ‘we use only 10 percent of our brains’ is a fact. However, as the growth of the age, I realize this statement is a myth. If we use only 10 percent of our brain is true, is that means people who use more percentage of their brains would be smarter…

effects that it opposes on the brain. Concussions or mild traumatic brain injury is one of the most common neurological disorders as well as the leading cause of long-term disability according to Lisa A. Clarke 2012. A blow to the head causing the brain to move back and forth causes a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury. The brain being the most fragile organ in the body cannot handle this sudden movement and bounces around within the skull. This can cause the brain to swell as well as…

How CTE Affects the Brain Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. In CTE, a protein called Tau forms clumps that slowly spread throughout the brain, killing brain cells. CTE has been seen in people as young as 17, but symptoms do not generally begin to appear until years after the onset of head impacts ( Ann McKee 1). Everyone that has CTE has something in common,…

stability. Brian’s simple night out ended with him acquiring a traumatic brain injury or TBI, which would forever alter his life as he knew it. The effects of a traumatic brain injury can vary from mild to severe, based upon both the location of the injury and the severity of the shock. Individuals with a mild TBI can experience headaches, confusion, blurred vision, fatigue, and changes in mood and behavior. However severe traumatic brain injuries, such as in Brian’s case, can cause nausea,…

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain and is also known as intracranial injury. Concussion symptoms were first described systematically in the 16th century by Berengario da Carpi and the first history of head injury dates back to the Mesopotamian era. TBI is classified based on the severity of the impact, the severity can vary from mild, moderate to severe TBI. Brain Injuries are major cause of death and disability worldwide specifically in…

What were they Thinking? The Adolescent Brain Teenagers in the 21st century. A girl whose parents always told her that hot, popular boys aren’t so ‘hot’ in the inside, becomes pregnant by a boy she barely even knew. The shy boy who always knew never to take drugs or alcohol from anyone, goes to a party and comes home, drunk. An extremely gifted kid who excelled all throughout high school, drops out of college and now lives in their parent’s attic, with barely any money in the bank or even a job…

remarkable, just think that any little change in your life can greatly affect the physical attributes of your brain as well as its cognitive abilities. As for how google ruins our brain. The readiness of information trains our brain to remember where the info is and not what the information is. This happens because it requires less energy and time and the brain strives to be efficient. Since our brain recycles parts we don’t use it can be expected that people who don’t read tend to have less…

affecting their brains. It is likely that people drink to experience the outward symptoms of alcohol consumption that are attractive: reduced inhibition of social behavior, increased relaxation, and increased spontaneity. The internal damage that can be done to the brain, however, can be life altering and irreversible. In this paper I will discuss both a video and an academic…

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the way our brain normally works. Nerve cells won't be able to communicate to the rest of the body like normal if they become damaged. Different problems can arise depending on the part of the brain that was damaged. The three general types of problems that can happen after a TBI would be physical, cognitive, and emotional problems. The brain controls all human activity like breathing and movement, as well as thinking and judgment. The brain is made up of…