sports-related skills, which leaves males at more of a risk to interrupt their growth. Males grow about two years longer than females do which puts them at more of a risk to injury (“The Young Athlete’s Body: Physical Development” 6). Also, young men, ages five to fourteen, are at a risk of injury and have a higher chance of growth and maturation level interruption more than anyone else due to the developing of muscle growth (“The Young Athlete’s Body: Physical Development” 6). The reason that…
My Reflection Paper While completing the first module for neurology there were many aspects of the brain that I was completely unaware of and found interesting. As a speech-language pathologist, it is important for one to know the function of the brain so one can have the skills to help improve the ability for an individual to communicate with others. Damage to certain parts of the brain function can lead to some drastic consequences relating to speech and language functions. I had always found…
only lasted for a short time, Oliver Sacks states in an online article what L-DOPA truly is, in early of 1967, a new drug was proclaimed for patients with conventional Parkinson's disease, a medication called L-DOPA it can modify chemicals in the brain called dopamine ─ dopamine is necessary for movement of the mind and body. But in that short time, moments of happiness, tranquility, and…
something. [Lyman] look[s] over, and he [has] bitten through his lip” (244). Henry goes on to eat dinner with a heavily bleeding lip, not seeming to care or notice. A mentally stable person would never act the way Henry does, with causing himself bodily injury and appearing totally oblivious to the fact that he is bleeding profusely. Before the war, the red convertible is the pride and joy of the Lamartine brothers. Afterwards, Henry barel notices when Lyman takes a hammer to it and completely…
“Lesion Pattern, Mechanisms, and Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Monoparetic Stroke: A Comparison with Nonmonoparetic Stroke” by Seung-Jae Lee, Dong- Guen Lee, Hye-JIn Moon, and Tae- Kyeong Lee aims to look at the mechanisms and long-term effects in patients with Monoprotic and Nonmonoparetic Stroke. They have stated that the patients and individuals that have been affected with Monoparesis show rare symptoms that make it difficult to get a clear diagnosis or prognosis. Before this article…
as possible account of what he sees, hears, and does while being in heaven. Since Dr. Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon, before his coma he did not believe during near-death experiences (NDE) people could really go to heaven and that it was just the brain making up these illusions that people in turn believe to be heaven. For instance, he stated “But all of it, in my opinion, was pure fantasy” (Alexander, 2012, p. 8) , as he mentions the way he use to view the topic of NDE. Yet since his coma he…
Mike Webster passed away at just fifty years old. Despite the fact that Dr. Omalu’s discoveries of how repeated concussions can affect the brain and alter mental health, his findings were dismissed by the National Football League(NFL), proving…
were in a minimally conscious or vegetative state. Tom was a 32 year old who fell from a balcony. He had trouble with what they thought was understanding of language, but it turns out he had central and peripheral hearing loss as a result of the brain injury. He became frustrated easily due to his inability to speak, initially. However, once the doctors figured out it was not his ability to understand language that was impaired, just his hearing, they began writing things down and Tom was able…
After almost half a year from the incident, the memory of my irresponsible behavior of drug use on that Friday night still comes up in my mind constantly like a nightmare, reminding me what I could have done negatively to myself, my family, and even the UCSD community with one of the worst decisions in my life. Although I was extremely fortunate that my decision did not cause any severe aftermath eventually, it was absolutely a remarkable and scary lesson that I will always remember to…
Brains are individual to the person, individual because of the events and damage the brain has gone through. People’s mental status isn’t based of one thing or one small time frame. Neurolaw is used in the legal system dealing with court cases that may involve the brain. The number of cases involving this are slowly rising and that number doesn’t include the hundreds of cases that are not documented. Scientists aren’t all on the same level when it comes to asking the question, “Are we…