Focal and diffuse brain injury

The NFL claims to be having progress with concussions but on opening day, linebacker Stewart Bradley of the Philadelphia Eagles was hit hard in the head, his legs turned to jelly and he collapsed. A few minutes later, he was sent back into the game. That’s not progress. Some risk factors of concussions are playing high risk sports like football, lacrosse, hockey etc., having a concussion before hand, and being a soldier in combat. Concussions are temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to…

people have suffered from concussions just this year. From sports related collisions to whiplash shaking the brain during a car accident, concussions can occur in virtually any situation. The injury initially can affect the brain in different ways due to the fact that the brain is very complex; every brain injury is different and heals in a different way for each victim. Some symptoms of the injury may appear right away, while others may not show up for days or weeks after the concussion and…

encourage the UAE to do a CT perfusion for patient who has acute stroke. This research is very important because it will help them to safe the patient’s life within the golden hours. In addition, CTP has an advantage to outline ischemic areas of the brain which may be recovered by intervention (e.g. thrombolysis ), known as the penumbra, from the parts which are infarcted or irrevocably destined to go onto infarct regardless of therapy, known as the infarct core.( Dr. Ayush Goel and Dr. Frank…

The NFL, Football, and Brain Disease What is there to say? Football has always been football; a rough recreational game fun, a sport meant for enjoyment. That was until, CTE, a brain disease linked to football has caused many parents, children, and families to suffer. Now CTE, is often found in athletes who have had some type of repetitive head trauma. Whether football is the main cause of CTE, varies because there are other instances in which someone has developed CTE. For example, former…

Spinal muscular atrophy is a disorder that takes away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. The major causes of this disorder are caused by a mutation in the survival motor cell neuron gene. The symptoms of this disorder are having breathing difficulties, leading to a lack of oxygen. Also if you have a poor muscle tone like a floppy infant. You cannot cure or treat this disorder. Nothing else contributes to this disease, and they have not found anything for it. Basically if you have Spinal…

Goike Page 2 Kids, teens, and even professional athletes are suffering from concussions every day. Many of these kids are returning to sports far too soon, their concussions have not healed and their brains are not back to normal, and it is damaging their brains. As a result of all of these concussions, in the long term it leads to suicidal thoughts, major headaches, and many more side effects. Concussions are very dangerous and everyone needs to take treatment and prevention seriously.…

Patients who recover from chronic stroke and other brain-related problems such as surgery on brain cancer tend to lose balance and gait abilities. This includes involuntary movements of some voluntary muscles in parts of the body. Lack of Coordination between the brain and the muscles when impaired lead to the involuntary muscular movement, a condition that affects many post-stroke patients. There have been a number of mechanisms to help post-stroke patients continue with their usual activities…

Alzheimer's disease usually develops through several steps and stages slowly and progressively gets worse over the years. It eventually affects most parts of your brain, including the memory, thinking, judgment, language, problem-solving, personality and movement[1]. The rate of progression for Alzheimer's disease differs extensively. On average, people with Alzheimer's disease live 8 to 10 years after diagnosis, but some people can survive 25 years[2]. There are Three important stages of…

When the Philadelphia Eagles completed the off season trade with the St. Louis Rams for the services of quarterback Sam Bradford, team officials knew they were taking a risk. Bradford was coming off of two injuries, one that prematurely ended his 2013 season and a second one sustained during the 2014 preseason, which left him on the sidelines throughout the entire season. With Bradford slated to be the starting quarterback with an inconsistent Mark Sanchez as his backup, Head Coach Chip Kelly…

X-linked intellectual disability is a genetically heterogeneous condition, due to mutations in at least 50 genes located on the X chromosome, involved in functioning of the central nervous system. It is estimated to affect approximately 1 in 600 males. There are two categories of hereditary ID; isolated ID with no other consistent defining features, known as nonspecific or non-syndromic ID and syndromic ID, which presents with variable penetrance and expressivity. Although numerous genes…