Focal and diffuse brain injury

president should be smart, kind, fun, charming, and experienced. The other requirements are that the president is healthy, and usually, has a penis. Hillary Clinton is currently struggling with both items on the list. She has been accused of having brain damage in recent years due to odd behavior captured on film. By analyzing her health further, I found that the basis for these claims lie rooted in a deep…

Short term effects of marijuana in the brain are like, changed senses and its time, uncontrolled the body movement, problems in thinking and problem solving, challenged memory and changes in the mood. Long term effects of Marijuana in the brain of teenagers are, that decrease the thinking, learning ability and memory. Marijuana has some physical effects like, problems in breathing, heart…

How Hollywood Forgets the Real Facts About Memory Loss While the most intense amnesia syndromes are normally triggered by neurosurgery, brain infection, or a stroke (Baxendale, 2004), amnesia caused by traumatic brain injuries and psychological stress seem to occur more often in Hollywood cinema. Through the protagonists of The Bourne Series and Anastasia, Hollywood follows the aftermath of traumatic incidences which cause both individuals to develop retrograde amnesia and lose their identity.…

society and all athletes have at least one thing in common: the risk of getting a concussion. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that results from a direct/indirect action or force that causes the brain to shake rapidly within the skull (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). This injury can mildly or severely affect the brain’s function by damaging brain cells and producing chemical alterations (CDC, 2016). Throughout the years, concussions have been more prevalent…

Intracranial Regulation Name Institution  Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid is a colorless body fluid that is found in the brain and spinal cord. It is produced by the choroid plexuses of the ventricle of the brain. It protects the cortex of the brain providing many mechanical protections. Also, it provides immunological to the brain in the skull. The brain produces about 500ml of cerebral spinal fluid which circulates and gets reabsorbed (Peterson et al, 2011). At any moment, only100-160ml…

concentrate, forgetfulness, headache, fatigue, dizziness, and throwing up (“Concussion in Sports”). The athlete usually goes to a doctor if these symptoms occur. The doctor then has the athlete take an assessment evaluating the cognitive ability of the the brain after the accident. “Neuropsychological tests are designed to measure cognitive skills and abilities such as intelligence, problem solving, memory, concentration, impulse control, and reaction time, to name a few” (“Concussion Facts”).…

Football Brain Injuries In today’s world, nothing seems more ideal than having a career as a professional athlete. All children aspire to grow up and be like Tom Brady or Lebron James playing in front of a huge crowd. Sports are fun and entertaining, the income is more than enough, and the popularity is never ending. As of recent, there has been certain acquired information that has put all of these fantasies to a screeching halt. This information relates to football players and the…

Mike Webster’s brain. Even after Dr. Omalu made his discovery the NFL repeatedly denied that concussions were linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The NFL’s Mild traumatic brain injury committee went after Omalu’s research and demanded Neurosurgery retract his paper. It took several athletes taking their life and their brains to be examined before people started to realize the true effects concussions can have. In 2005 Terry Long and Andrew Waters killed themselves. Their brains were…

General Overview of CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a condition characterized by progressive neurodegeneration of the brain, was first diagnosed by Dr. Bennet Omalu in 2002. CTE affects those who have suffered multiple and repeated brain injuries, such as athletes of high contact sports and veterans of war and is only able to be diagnosed post-mortem. For example, much research has been centered on athletes that play football in the NFL. It is reported that over 90% of players who…

Parkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition. This causes problems in the brain, this can include stiffness of the bones and slowness in the body. The aims of the Parkinson’s UK campaign is to raise awareness to the illness and to raise money to help find way to cure the disease. Alike to any Cancer campaign the aims are both to raise money in order to prevent this disease from occurring anymore throughout the UK. They also both are also trying to spread awareness to their particular…