Cerebellum

things we don’t have conscious control over. It also has pons which are in the uppermost level of the hindbrain and just above the medulla, they serve as a bridge and information from higher parts of the brain revels through these to get to the cerebellum which is behind the pons, at the back of the brain stem also known as “little brain” this coordinates movement, balance, and posture. The last thing the hindbrain has in the reticular formation which is located at the core of the medulla and…

increases. In a study following seniors that participated in Olympic and high impact sports, they showed high muscle density and experienced very few falls. Brain scans that have been conducted in various studies show that in inactive seniors the cerebellum shrinks which corresponds to lack of balance and coordination when compared to active seniors (Heinonen et al). Meanwhile, the…

There are many pediatric impairments and disorders that are treatable within a physical therapist’s scope of practice, such as Cerebral Palsy or Down syndrome. However, what happens when a child is being treated, who also has a diagnosis that cannot be treated with physical therapy, like Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder? It is our job to research the diagnosis and learn as much as we can, in order to give the best possible care to the patient. Knowing about the pathophysiology, signs and…

Savant Syndrome- Savant Skills Locked Within Us? Savant syndrome is a form of rare neurological condition where individuals with such extraordinary anomaly, while having problems in proper mental function, are able to express certain prodigious abilities such as memorizing and lightning calculation (Treffert, 2009). The term “savant” originated from the word “savoir” which means “to know” in French (Treffert, 2009). The word “idiot savant” was first introduced by Dr. J. Langdon Down in his…

Vascular dementia is defined by Zhong et al. (2016) as a general dementia caused by a series of cerebral vascular factors such as ischemic cerebral vascular disease. The dementia is very similar to Alzheimer’s disease and they share some symptoms such as impaired memory and cognitive function. Some of the non-cognitive symptoms of vascular dementia include tinnitus, sleeping disorder, numbness of the extremities, and emotion changes. Calabrese et al. (2016) believes there are two principal…

Does cooking meth make someone a bad person? Ask anybody on the street and the answer would probably be a resounding “yes”. The topic of cooking meth and the meth industry in general is the main plot of the television show, Breaking Bad, and brings into question the morality of Walter White, a chemistry teacher turned meth cooker. For Greg Littman and Adam Barkman, it is more than a yes or no answer, for them it means delving into the science behind meth, the person who is cooking it, the…

It receives and sends signals to other parts of the body. There are six main parts of the brain: the brainstem, the cerebellum, the frontal lobe, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobes, and the temporal lobes (“Part 2”). The effect of the injury depends on where it is centralized in the brain. For example, if one’s brain stem is injured, it may affect that person’s breathing…

FPV is in the family Parvoviridae, which contains 26 species of virus that infect a broad host range, covering species from invertebrates to humans. Parvoviruses are small single stranded DNA viruses enveloped by a T=1 non-enveloped capsid protein. Replication of these viruses can only occur when the host cell is in S-phase of its mitotic cycle (15). FPV has a very small linear genome that is only 5 kilobases in length (4). The virus’s genome has specific sequences, similar to a TATA boxes, that…

Teen Addiction Teens with alcohol and substance addictions can demonstrate behaviors that may lead to long term lifestyle of substance abuse. Adolescence the developmental period for young people physically and emotionally. This is a time where they may encounter a number of trials, including hope in gaining a greater sense of identity and independence. Experimentation with substances is typical for many young people, fortunately one of the many challenges most adolescents face is whether or not…

overrides the reptile/ primitive brain in certain situations such as food intake. The neocortex deals with high functions of the brain processes such as: attention, perception, and reasoning. The reptile brain is composed of the brainstem and the cerebellum, and deals with basic functions of the body…