Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Modern developments in technology and medicine have made studying the brain much easier that it used to be. Although the brain is encased in the skull, there are still many ways we can find out how it works. One of the simplest ways we can study the brain is through case studies. A case study looks at one specific situation and tells how that particular individual reacted and how his or her brain was affected. A couple downsides to the case study is that there is usually information missing and…

• Diverse types of mental stimulation make people who suffer Alzheimer’s to feel more engages with life since these stimulations foster their thinking capacities and mitigate any chances of memory lapses (Gonsalvez et al., 2016). When incorporated in the fMRI scans processes, mental stimulation, which involves processes that are desired to bring pleasure to those people who are prone to the disease, effectively…

According to Comer, depression is a clinical disorder that causes considerable distress and impairment and features a range of symptoms, including emotional, motivational, behavioral, cognitive, and physical symptoms. Nevertheless, the picture of depression may vary greatly from person to person. Depression differs from sadness, in that sadness is context-specific, is proportional to the triggering loss, and ends when the loss situation ends (Comer, 2015). Due to the fact that the biological…

Major depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, thinking, by affecting sleep, eating and feeling about themselves and things around them. Three ways to treat patients with major depressive disorder; psychotherapies, brain stimulation therapies and medicine. The first way to treat the patients is psychotherapies. Psychotherapies is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave. It is most commonly used to treat anxiety and…

Determining the most effective treatment for a patient suffering from depression is crucial. Beidal, Bulik, & Stanley, 2014 state that a combination of therapies and antidepressants is the most common today and typically effect for most people (p.224). Therapies like cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy are the most common forms of therapy used when treating depression. Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thought (Beidel, Bulik, & Stanley, 2014,…

Electroconvulsive therapy is a procedure in which doctors transmit electric shocks to the brain from electrodes that are placed on certain locations of the head, which release a flood of neurotransmitters and help treat the patient’s specific disorder. Although, before this procedure occurs, the patients are given anesthesia to prevent any physical harm to the patient. One major advantage of this procedure is that there has been an 86% remission rate in patients who have undergone ECT with…

migraine. At the normal state, even in the absence of a headache the cerebral cortex, mainly the occipital cortex of a migraineur’s brain is in a state of hyper excitability. These findings are proven in studies involving transcranial magnetic stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This finding justifies the distinctive vulnerability of the brain of patients with migraine to headaches. The cortical spreading depression (CSD) theory defines the process involving in MA. CSD…

this allows us to collaborate to cooperate. For example, we manage to survive in an age when we were living among these terrible beasts. These are the ways to increase empathy one of them suggestion from a neuroscientist is let's try transcranial magnetic stimulation. Another suggestion you might want to try and that is become an explorer of the world become an explorer of the world there are as many realities in this world. Reading is one a one very efficient way to get to know new worlds get…

Impaired Participation in Activities A measure of one’s independence is their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The term ADL refers to activities of daily self-care i.e. bathing, dressing, and eating. IADLS are not fundamental to healthy living but lend to a more independent livelihood. Those activities include shopping, working, and applying knowledge to use technology. Deficits with these skills can affect one’s…

INTRODUCTION Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes shifts in mood, energy, and/or activity levels. To put it simply, to carry out day to day activities can become more of a borden with the fluctuation of different moods. People who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder experience “manic” or “depressive” episodes. Manic episodes are characterized as feeling very “up”, “high” or euphoric. People who are experiencing this episode tend to talk rather quickly about different subjects to…