Superior temporal gyrus

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday”. I chose to learn from my mother’s Epilepsy instead of letting her disease affect my life negatively. I chose who my first love would be and how he would alter my personality as I matured. I chose to take my experiences in life, the good and the bad, and make the best of it. The photograph I selected depicts the most influential people in my life: my mother, my boyfriend, and myself. When I look at my…

Introduction Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type of epilepsy in adults, affecting approximately 1% of the general population. It is formally classified as neuronal misfiring in the mesial temporal lobes causing spontaneous, recurring seizures. In this review, I will investigate how the use of optogenetics in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) reduces seizures and how it can help us understand the cell types and neuronal circuits that underlie seizure generation. The significance of the…

they are high in ecological validity. Albeit, it is apparent FBMs are no different to ordinary vivid autographical memories as they decay over time and become distorted which highlights discrepancies in Brown & Kulik’s theory. Crucial progression on temporal lobe epilepsy and FBMs has emerged in research. With the progress of current findings on FBMs, future studies are vital to develop an assessment model of FBMs in an attempt to fully consider how they are formed, stored and processed…

Title Anatomical variation of the superior thyroid artery and its relation to the external laryngeal nerve. Introduction The thyroid gland is the largest endocrine gland located in the anterior triangle of the neck. It consists of two lobes, right and left, connected by an isthmus in the middle. The thyroid gland is mainly supplied by the superior thyroid artery, the first branch of the external carotid artery, and the inferior thyroid artery, a branch of the thyrocervical trunk of the…

primary ages, young children imply their positive attitude toward music, often experiencing with different sounds and tones. Frances Rauscher and her team of scientists conducted a study in which they observed the “dramatic enhancement in spatial and temporal tasks (up to 36 percent improvement)” in preschoolers when given piano training in “which they learned pitch intervals, fine motor coordination, fingering techniques, sight reading, music notation, and…

Perin v. Hayne This is a case that involved the plantiff named Irene Perin, and the defendant who was named Robert Hayne. Robert Hayne who is the defendant was accused by Irene Perin of malpractice. November, 1968, Irene Perin had an anterior approach cervical fusion procedure done. This is a surgery that removes a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck. According to Ullrich (2014), “An anterior approach cervical fusion is performed to relieve neck pain and other paid due to spinal cord…

hepatic portal vein was dark red. The hepatic vein showed color change at 44 seconds with a final color of bright red. The superior mesenteric artery changed color at 51 seconds with a final color of brown. The fasting data with the effective hormone glucagon indicated color change in the hepatic vein at 46 seconds. The final color of the hepatic vein was burgundy. The superior mesenteric artery showed color change at 1 minute and 2 seconds with a final color of light brown. The hepatic portal…

Evaluate how the name of a muscle can distinguish its location, action, shape, and function. Select five different muscles to make this distinction. Depending on the anatomical position of the body part, certain prefixes, and suffixes are utilized in order to find its location verbally. These prefixes and suffixes can be described by the: size of the muscle, location of the muscles, direction of the muscle fibers, amount of origins, shape of a muscle, and location of a muscle origin/insertion.…

Use of Whipple Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a 54-Year-Old Male with Pancreatic Cancer Alex McColloster UNTHSC TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CASE REPORT SURGERY CORE CLINICAL CLERKSHIP Introduction Pancreatic cancer remains a highly lethal malignancy due to its clinically silent nature. Patients most often present with jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct, pain that develops insidiously and weight loss. Treatment is accomplished surgically;…

Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting (EVH) is a procedure to remove part of the saphenous vein in your leg. The saphenous vein is also called the great saphenous vein or the long saphenous vein. This vein runs from the inside of your ankle, up along the inside of your knee, and up to your groin. It returns blood from your leg to your heart. This vein is used to make a detour (bypass) around a blocked heart artery. EVH is done as part of heart surgery.…