Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Palsy Sometimes we take our everyday actions for granted. People living with Cerebral Palsy don?t have this luxury. In fact, they are forced to carefully monitor their activities and limit themselves due to their inability to perform certain tasks. Cerebral Palsy is not one particular disease, it is actually a term used to cover a wide variety of disorders: Spastic, Dyskinetic, Atheoid, Atoxic and Mixed Presentation Cerebral Palsy. The most common of these is Spastic Cerebral Palsy. An…

At a first glance, hemispheres look like mirror images (identical). However, science has been proving since 1968 effectively through examinations of positron emission tomography (PET), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), the existence of anatomical asymmetries, neurochemical and functional, thereby designating the hemispheric specializations. Paul Broca (1860), through work and biopsies found that the language…

motor cortex area to have decrease activity because of the increase inhibition from the thalamus causing decrease activity to the lateral corticalspinal and rubrospinal tracts. The result of this change is impairment of voluntary movement creating symptoms of such as akinesia and bradykinesia. The next part of the motor loop to be affected is the increase inhibition pedunculopontine nucleus causing disinhibition of the reticulospinal tract causing rigidity of postural and girdle…

The prefrontal cortex is located in the frontal lobe of the brain and can be subdivided into different regions such as the orbitofrontal cortex and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. These areas as a whole are responsible for decision making, controlling emotions and other key social skills, they are also important for dealing with executive functions such as reasoning and planning. Mitchell (2014) claims that ‘the prefrontal cortex represents the pinnacle of evolution as it handles some…

Today, I will be talking about Transcendental Meditation and what patterns are found in the EEG scans of research subjects. Neuroscience is a complicated field, yet enlightening. So, what do we see? First, higher frontal alpha 1 coherence. Second, activation of the default mode network (DMN). Third, a lower breath rate. Lastly, all those distinguishing characteristics “are seen within the first minute of Transcendental Meditation practice” (Travis, 2018). During Transcendental Meditation…

The cause of Cerebral Palsy is a brain injury that occurs while the brain is developing before, during, or after birth. Although it is more often to occur before birth. A way to be able to prevent is vaccination. Although it may not work 100% it is able it may prevent rubella that could cause fetal brain damage. Symptoms may include variations in muscle tone, having slower reflexes, movement speed decrease, and difficult walking. While usually therapy may be a primarily option there is also drug…

Cerebral palsy is a new name for an ailment that has affected kids for millennia. Since cerebral palsy is triggered by brain impairment occurring before, during or after birth, it has most likely befallen throughout human evolution. Medical researchers are working hard to decide if stem cell transplants can help cure cerebral palsied kids. Cerebral palsy is a consequence of brain mutilation or condensation of oxygen in the brain before or during the birth. An individual affected with cerebral…

Glucocorticoid are primarily used therapeutically as anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive agent. They are secreted from the adrenal cortex of the adrenal gland in a circadian manner or in response to stress perceived by the brain. They are able to modulate physiological homeostasis and coordinate those adaptive responses to stressors. An imbalance in glucocorticoid levels, specifically chronic glucocorticoid has been associated with a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, specifically…

Cerebral palsy is a developmental condition that refers to a group of disorders rather than a single entity. It affects a persons’ musculature, including movement and postural abilities. This condition is due to cerebral damage while the brain is still in the developmental stage, thus occurring in utero, during or shortly after birth. Brain damage that results in cerebral palsy can occur in several ways and plays a role in the extent of the condition. Therefore, each case will be different…

What Does it Mean to Have a Split Brain? By Amanda Larkin Psychophysiology January 10, 2015 California Baptist University In order to understand the concept of a Split Brian, we must know the functions of the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is located at the center of the brain, just beneath the cerebrum. The corpus callosum allows sensory and cognitive information to enter a passageway through the two separate hemispheres of the brain. The corpus callosum enables the right and…