Cranial nerves

(). Another injury is known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This is a “gradual buildup of a brain protein called tau. Just as with Alzheimer’s patients, where accumulation of plaques and tau tangles can space out healthy brain tissue and let nerve connections wither away, damage caused by concussions can trigger the accumulation of tau in cases, eventually forming deposits large enough to interfere with key functions such as learning, planning and organization”, (). These types of injuries…

Social History: The patient happily lives with both parents and two siblings (one brother and one sister) in a house. The parents do not smoke. They do not have any pets. Patient does not go to day care and there is no one else sick at home Erickson’s Stage: Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt • This stage focuses on the child becoming independence and making their own choice. The patient is successfully completing this stage a s evidence by, patient walking away from mother and father to pick up a toy.…

In addition intra-cranial pressure monitoring is mandatory in traumatic brain injury (TBI)…

transferred to LTM storage. The most effective way to reach this category is through elaborative rehearsal (Huffman, 2012), something that I employ daily; for instance, during a neurology unit in an anatomy class, I was required to memorize the twelve cranial nerves (for simplicity’s sake I won’t recount them all here), and while it would have been impractical for me to have repeated them continuously up until the…

Different autopsy methods are useful in different situations. I have previously mentioned Rokitansky method which involves examining the organs in situ “a condition sometimes mandated by a restrictive autopsy consent or severe time limitations” (Finkbeiner 35). But there are other methods that involve removal of the organs including Letulle, Ghon and Virchow. Both the Letulle and Virchow start the same way: a Y incision is made and the skin is reflected from the chest and abdomen. If the…

NEUROSARCODOSIS PRESENTING AS RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA: A CASE REPORT ABSTRACT: We report a case of neurosarcoidosis in a patient presenting with rapidly progressive dementia and intermittent delirium. Sarcoidosis with neurologic involvement is rare, and typically does not manifest with psychiatric or cognitive symptomatology. The most common presentation of neurosarcoidosis is facial neuropathy, followed by meningoencephalitis. This patient exhibited accelerated mental…

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting all ages. Epileptic seizures occur as a brain insult that results in one of three forms. Seizures can be systemic, toxic or metabolic. Epilepsy has been defined as brain disorder characterized by enduring predisposition to generate seizures, by the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological and social consequences of the condition. An epileptic seizure is defined as a transient event of signs and symptoms due to abnormal excessive neuronal…

Demographic James is high-spirited 27 year old a single Asian man, born and raised in Philadelphia. He graduated college in Philadelphia 2011 with telecommunication degree. Upon graduation, James moved to New Jersey, where his old-brother was. He has started working as an online content developer at a German car company in U.S.A head quarter. Recently, his mother moved from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to live with his brother and him. Occupational Status The client has been working for a German…

Depression. It’s an overused term. People toss it around as if it’s a football; yet they don’t know the true meaning of it. So what is depression? First off, depression has got nothing at all to do with life. That may confuse you, but let me explain. On your life journey, there is sadness, there is pain, and there is sorrow. All of these in which their right time and season are normal. Depression is an altogether different zone because it’s an empty hole. There’s nothing there. It’s a complete…

especially in patients that have mental retardation and/or spastic quadriplegia. Causes Cerebral palsy is not an inherited disease. Genetic or environmental factors can affect the migration of the brain cells during the prenatal development. If the nerves are poorly myelinated during prenatal development it can impede the function of the brain. If blood vessels in the brain burst or there is a lack of oxygen it can cause…