Huntington’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease? As the body ages through time‚ many of the functions will slowly begin to diminish and deteriorate‚ including the nervous system. The nervous system is made up of your brain and the many different neurons that transmit signals to and from the body. One of the most common ways the nervous system deteriorates is when the connections between two neurons diminish‚ or build plaque. The brain uses neurons to send signals to each other‚ in order to get our
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Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease‚ or also known as Huntington’s Chorea‚ is an incurable hereditary brain disorder‚ which causes nerve cells to become damaged‚ resulting in various parts of the brain deteriorating. Huntington’s disease was recognized by George Huntington in 1872. Huntington’s disease had been acknowledged as a disease entity previously‚ several people before 1872 reported having and describing movement disorders that later would be connected to Huntington’s disease. The disease
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What Is Parkinson’s Disease? What Causes Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects how the person moves‚ including how they speak and write. Symptoms develop gradually‚ and may start off with ever-so-slight tremors in one hand. People with Parkinson’s disease also experience stiffness and find they cannot carry out movements as rapidly as before - this is called bradykinesia. The muscles of a person with Parkinson’s become weaker and the individual
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Conditions that are characterized by the individual presenting with behaviors that are defined as abnormal are termed psychiatric disorders o psychiatric disease. An abnormal behavior is one that has been defined within the field of mental health as being atypical or unusual. Those patients who are diagnosed as suffering psychiatric disorders or diseases may have altered perceptions of reality or have impaired abilities to interpret reality. This alteration
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Alzheimer’s Disease Brittany Mathis HCS/245 July 14‚2013 Tynan Weed Abstract Alzheimer’s has many causes and affects each patient differently. There have been studies done that have found that older African American’s are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than older whites. A cause of Alzheimer’s has not been completely identified yet‚ but genetic and environmental factors are known to increase the risk. While we all know that Alzheimer’s is a complicated disease there are
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While neuron disorders are debilitating diseases‚ scientists are researching promising new cures. This research ranges from the crosstalk between motor and sensory neurons‚ to the morphing of skin cells‚ and the function of the CLP1 gene and its role in certain diseases. A first example of this promising new research is that scientists have discovered that ephrin and Eph prevent spinal cord neurons from regenerating after injuries. This means that if scientists can coax the neurons that are injured
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Bipolar Disorder PSY/340 April 15‚ 2013 Telisha L. Chandler‚ M.S. Bipolar disorder is a chronic condition involving episodes of both depression and elevated mood‚ associated with significant disability and high relapse rates (Proudfoot‚ et al.‚ 2009). For the purpose of this paper bipolar disorder will be discussed beginning with a description of the illness‚ then an explanation of the neurological damages or changes to the brain that can occur due to the illness. Next the possible behavioral
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BLOOD DISORDERS Pamela Butler Axia University of Phoenix Health & Diseases Blood disorders can affect one ’s life and health in many ways. Blood disorders come in many types and have many symptoms and treatments. However‚ with proper knowledge of symptoms‚ lifestyle factors‚ and family history one can prevent and treat these disorders before becoming life threatening. After reviewing each scenario provided it is established that each individual is suffering from a different
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Alzheimer’s Disease Specific Purpose: To help my audience understand what Alzheimer’s Disease is. Thesis Statement: The need to educate people on Alzheimer’s Disease for family members or friends in-case a loved one is diagnosed. Introduction: A. What would one do if their family member or friend knew of someone who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease? What would they do to help or take care of this family member? Well‚ I work in a nursing home with the elderly with this disease every day
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description of what an anxiety disorder is and how the relationship between human development and socialization is affected by this psychological disorder. Anxiety Disorder Anxiety disorder is a common disorder that affects any race‚ culture‚ gender‚ and age that has increase in the modern world. However‚ they are probably as old as mankind‚ since a panic attack is the way for the body to detect and prepare to "fight or flight” imminent danger (McNally‚ 1990). This disorder is very common in life‚
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