Parietal lobe

3.25 PAST AND FAMILY HISTORY All antenatal women should be assessed for a past history of depressive episodes. Depressive episodes experienced any time in the past, in relation with or not in relation with childbirth pose a significantly increased risk of developing PPD(7),(22),(54),(70). A 3.6 times higher risk of PPD was found in women who had a previous history of major depressive episode (48). However, an Indian study stated that a past history of depression increased the risk of further…

amygdala is usually affected, the amygdala is linked to the limbic system. Deterioration of the amygdala impairs an individual’s ability to process and memorise emotional reactions (Intech, 2012). As the disease advances it spreads through all the lobes and areas of the brain, which leads to a slow deterioration of cognitive and functional…

On November 28, 2008, Philadelphian journalist Brian Hickey went to a bar in the city to meet up with some old friends. On his walk to the train station to return home, he was struck by a car and left for dead, unconscious, on the poorly-lit street. Luckily, a nearby resident heard the accident and called the police as the car sped off. Paramedics rushed him to Cooper University Hospital where he was immediately intubated and monitored for stability. Brian’s simple night out ended with him…

neural dysfunction (Pulawski et al. 2012). Scientists have identified some key characteristics known as Risk Genes, used in this study, to measure the influence of these Genes on clinical and pathological measures of AD (Karch et al. 2012). 112 Parietal lobes of deceased European American were divided into a control (39) and case group (73). The percentage of males in treatment was 42% and in control 44%. Finally the mean age for treatment was 87±7 and for control was 86±9. Then, RNA was…

cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, is where the short term memory is stored. It is not stored all in one place. It is stored among the four lobes of the brain: the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal lobe. These lobes all have different functions and jobs. Depending on what type of short term memory it is, it will have gone to one of these four lobes. Long term…

As the name suggests, Wernicke’s aphasia is caused by damage to Wernicke’s area, located near the back of the temporal lobe on the left side of the brain. Being a fluent aphasia, individuals with Wernicke’s aphasia have fluent and connected speech but may have some difficulty with word retrieval. Severely impaired auditory comprehension is the defining symptom of Wernicke’s…

Introduction Brain injuries where something my parents worried about when I was growing because I played numerous physical sports; I didn’t worry about the repercussions of high impact sports or what could have happened. Now as a professional educator I worry about my student’s educational ability due to a brain injury they may acquire or may have been born with. Why is a brain injury so important for educators to recognize? What happens to that child in the classroom after sustaining a brain…

The human nervous system is our electrical wiring of the body that transmits signals between different parts of the body. It has two components; the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The nervous system is an intricate part of your body and life that 's made up of two separate systems, the brain, and spinal cord. During prenatal growth, the nervous system experiences many changes to gain its compound structure. The events of this early development include the…

resulting in the hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease (McCance & Huether, 2014). These plaques and tangles begin in the entorhinal cortex, and exhibit some of the initial signs of Alzheimer’s disease. The entorhinal cortex is part of the temporal lobe and is involved in memory and the connection of…

Schizophrenia is a disease that can be disabling and incurable. It can be caused in a variety of different ways, from genes to environmental factors. It affects the brain in many different ways, which can cause symptoms that affect your daily life. It is treatable through medication and psychotherapy, as well as radical techniques. Schizophrenia is a complex disease that alters brain chemistry and changes people’s lives. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has…