Lead (Pb) is a heavy metal which is distributed in the environment. Humans may get exposed to lead due to food‚ water contamination and air pollution caused by industrial emission [4]. As a neurotoxic agent‚ lead has been known to cause damage in the nervous system. The developing central nervous system (CNS) is far more vulnerable to lead’s toxic effects than the mature brain [40]. Learning and memory impairments in experimental animals exposed to lead during embryonic and gestational stages have
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Take rehabilitation into your own hands Hand Rehabilitation Quality of life is dependent on healthy hand function. Numerous orthopedic and neurological disease and injuries lead to hand impairments that affect hand function and decrease quality of life. Clinical research shows that the use of the HandTutor‚ a novel and innovative wrist and finger rehabilitation system‚ improves hand function. The HandTutor System Avraham Cohen the clinical director of MediTouch and an expert in the field
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Delirium is short-term and reversible‚ dementia is progressive and irreversible. Delirium is an acute cognitive disturbance and often-reversible condition that is common in hospitalized patients‚ especially the elderly. It is characterized as a constellation of symptoms rather than a disease state. The symptoms of delirium are an alteration in level of consciousness‚ as an inability to direct‚ focus‚ sustain‚ and shift attention; an abrupt onset with clinical features that fluctuate‚ including periods
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Eldon Fobbs Burrell Honors Anatomy Physiology Fall Semester Acoustic Neuroma. Something I’ve never heard of‚ you probably have. The eighth cranial nerve‚ which will be referred to as the auditory nerve for simplicity‚ consists of the cochlear and vestibular divisions. These two divisions‚ running from the inner ear to the brain‚ are responsible for transmitting information about hearing and maintaining balance‚ respectively. When the Schwann cells (used to keep peripheral nerve fibers alive) that
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Frontotemporal Dementia People in their twenties who are experiencing behavioral issues sometimes play it off as stress‚ but sometimes‚ just to be cautious‚ you need to have it be checked out. Behavioral issues is a sign of Frontotemporal Dementia. Understanding more about FTD could help determine whether or not you are affected by it. Frotntotemporal Dementia‚ FTD‚ is a type of dementia that affects the frontal lobes of the brain. The nerve cell damage that leads to loss of function in these
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Jennifer Curtin Pd. 1 Part One – Losses The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Dr. P is a teacher at a School for Music who had trouble recognizing his students. He couldn’t recognize them by looking at them‚ but only by hearing their voice. He also saw faces when there weren’t any‚ like in fire hydrants and knobs on furniture. He didn’t think anything was wrong‚ until he developed diabetes‚ so he went to see a doctor. When he first talked to a neurologist
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Describe the different form of dementia and the signs and symptoms. Dementia Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms which arise from different disease that affect the brain. The brain is made up of millions of brain cells which send messages to each other. These messages tell the individual everything they need to know to cope with everyday life‚ such as how to move‚ what they are seeing‚ how to speak. They also store memories and control emotions - such as laughing and crying. In someone
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Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of the elder. Early-onset Alzheimer’s‚ otherwise known as younger-onset‚ affects those younger than the age of 65. Many who get younger-onset are usually in their 30’s‚ 40’s‚ or 50’s. In the United States‚ more than 200‚00 people have early-onset. Those dealing with it can be in the early‚ middle‚ or end stage of the disease. This disease is located in chromosome 12‚ and also chromosomes 21‚ 14‚ and 1‚ located on PS1 (or AD3. Early-onset Alzheimer’s is an unexpected
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Parkinson’s Disease Before 1817 Parkinson’s disease was called “Shaking Palsy.” James Parkinson wrote a medical essay on the disease entitled “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy.” However‚ 60 years after‚ Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)‚ a French neurologist‚ discovered the importance of Parkinson’s essay and renamed the disease after Parkinson’s (Goetz 1). Parkinson’s disease is a long-term degenerative neurological condition that affects a person’s ability to control his or her own body movements
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ECT TREATMENT REFLECTION PAPER Today I was able to familiarize myself with indication‚ contraindications and nursing care of ECT patient before‚ during and after the procedures. ECT is a medical treatment for severe mental illness in which a small‚ carefully controlled amount of electricity is introduced into the brain. This electrical stimulation‚ used in conjunction with anesthesia like propofol and muscle relaxant medications like saxicoline‚ produces a mild generalized seizure or convulsion
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