Deep brain stimulation

interventions may be directed to the PTA, instead of the physical therapist. PTA’s provide a variety of physical therapy techniques as they carry out the plan of care for the patient. This plan can include therapeutic exercise, functional training, deep soft tissue massage, and physical modalities such as electrotherapy and ultrasound.…

work that aims to effect change in the brain. From psychotherapy to pharmacological intervention, research has focused for a long time on assisting patients in need with altering their mental state, particularly for diagnoses such as depression, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia and other debilitating diseases. Patients with minimal use of their limbs or with neurodegenerative diseases may be able to regain certain functions with electrical stimulation to the brain (2). With the significant…

spinal cord and brain. 1 This was obviously a faulty treatment and had no positive affect on PD. In the 1950s, after many years of studies, the levodopa treatment was discovered. The L-DOPA treatment, although helpful in early stages of PD, did not have the ability to maintain PD and resulted in further combined treatments. 3 In recent years there have been developing new ideas in hopes of surgical treatment for this disease. “Surgical procedures comprise deep brain stimulation, ablative…

PE and DVT patient cohort. For the PE task, we want to determine whether a patient has PE or not, if so, whether the PE is acute or chronic and its artery level. For the DVT task, we want to determine whether a patient has VT or not, superficial or deep, proximal or distal, acute or chronic, left or right, upper limbs or lower limbs. For both tasks, we also want to determine if the report impression is certain or uncertain. He is very active to push the project forward and has made a lot of…

Taking an evidence-based approach to deep venous thrombosis research studies reveals the clinical practice guidelines are a valuable tool to improve clinical practice and patient outcome. Preventing deep vein thrombosis in the inpatient hospital setting is important to reduce the risk of fatal and non-fatal pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic complications. Proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) can cause post-thrombotic syndrome and can develop into life-threatening pulmonary embolism…

the brain looks like it has folds? The brain is the most complex, and highest quality organ in the body. The brain has folds and has six brain waves: Beta, Gamma, Sensory, Theta, and Delta. The brain also encompasses the cerebellum, brainstem and four brain lobes: Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, and Occipital. The lobes and waves of the brain are an essential component of every human being. At the root of all thoughts, emotions, and behaviors is the communication between neurons with our brain and…

Parkinson's disease, also abbreviated as “PD”, is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects a person's nervous system, making them have trouble moving. A human has certain kinds of nerve cells in the brain called dopamine, these cells transmit and send signals to the brain allowing a person to control their movement. When these cells start breaking down and having problems, they cause a person to lose their control of movement, due to the lack of dopamine. PD is not a communicable disease – it…

Your Life, 2015), (Music has changed my life, 2012), (Dunne, 2013) ) Furthermore, these also show that music has the power to provoke deep emotional reactions in people. Many people even use music as method of relaxation and find that it is extremely…

potentials are generated and the nociceptive signals initiate excitatory neurotransmitters such as glutamate and substance P, neuromodulators including brain-derived neurotrophic factor. These bind with afferent nerves which activate corresponding receptors on the postsynaptic nerve terminals (Fishman et al., p. 29). Superficial lamina (laminae I and II) and deep laminae (lamina V and VI) receive primary afferent fibers in the dorsal horn. Projections from laminae I and V continue ventrally…

Reviewing the article titled A Brief History of the Lobotomy by Dr. C. George Boeree, gave much insight into the gruesome history of lobotomy. As many know, lobotomy is a neurosurgical procedure in which nerve pathways in a lobe or lobes of the brain are severed from other areas in order to terminate contact and improve ones mental health condition. This theory developed in 1890 when a German researcher, Friederich Golz, removed portions of his dogs’ temporal lobes and noticed a change in…