A. Annette takes medication for her Parkinson’s disease. What is a characteristic that the medication must have to cross the blood brain barrier freely?…
In my ENC1102 class, we were tasked with writing a story based on another story we had read...…
Tobias Wolff’s “Bullet in the Brain” can be divided into two parts. The first one is until the moment when Anders gets shot. Up to his death, the character is not developed and somehow flat. There is an awkward feeling, because the hassle with the bank robber and the shot afterwards sound like the climax of the story, but this is not satisfying end since there is no clue what will follow. What I really liked about the character building is that we understand many of Andres’ traits only from three of his actions. The way he act in the bank, builds him an image of sarcastic, impudent, self-determined, criticizing, even illogical person in a way.…
What is the function of the blood-brain barrier? The blood-brain barrier is an existing network between the capillary walls of blood vessels in the brain and surrounding tissues.…
A) Annette takes medication for her Parkinson’s Disease. What is a characteristic that the medication must have to cross the blood-brain barrier freely?…
In the book, A Whole New Mind, author Daniel Pink discusses the stimulation of each hemisphere of the brain during everyday life activities. However due to the evolving world, the once knowledgeable left hemisphere of the brain is slowing today’s humans down. In this society, humans who stimulate and use their right hemisphere of the brain will rule the future.…
Opening: Are you experiencing mental instability? Can you just not seem to do away with those pesky emotions? Well then an ice pick and a hammer are the perfect tools for you, sure they are not licenced medical tools, in fact, I kind of just picked them up at my local hardware store but, why spend all that extra money when these two tools will do just fine. After a heavy dose of electroconvulsive shock, your patient should be sufficiently subdued, from there all you have to do is lift the patient's eyelid up far enough, then take your ice pick and insert it right above the eyeball and all the way to the back of the eye socket, press the pointed tip up against the incredibly weak layer of bone and, with a couple taps from your hammer, you should break right through, now you simply scrape away the connections between the prefrontal cortex and, the rest of the brain, after that simply repeat with the other eye.…
Lidocaine is a local anesthetic. A local anesthetic is one that is injected or used at a specific site on your body, like eye surgery. Lidocaine can also be topical, or rubbed into the skin. Lidocaine blocks signals to the brain that are sent by nerve impulses or endings on the skin so the brain doesn’t receive the signal (Jahormi 2012). Lidocaine actually blocks the sodium channels of the cell membrane that are used for signal sending. Removing the cataracts of the eye or a specific skin disease could be treated with the use of Lidocaine. It is mostly used for a quick…
Roy EJ. 1995. Conjugates of folate and anti-T-cellreceptor antibodies specifically target folatereceptor-positive tumor cells for lysis. Proc Natl…
The Article is based on facts and applied research. Im not a scientist so I cant agree or disagree. However I do find it baffling that there is so much study of the brain that goes unseen. Its unbelieved to think how many hours, days, months researchers put in time to find or come up with different ways to uncover the brain. I think I…
Used to think astrocytes and glial cells there to give neurons nutrients they need (facilitate them) and get rid of metabolites…
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become an efficient method in treating various neurological disorders, including the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (U of JH Med, 2001). The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is providing support for advancements in deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus to aid in coordination of movement and the reduction of tremors of the arms and legs (NINDS, 2007). Presently deep brain stimulation is only administered to patients whose symptoms can not be controlled with medication (NINDS, 2007). This method utilizes an electrode, implanted deep in the brain, and a battery pack to send an electrical shock down…
Despite the better understanding of obesity pathophysiology, treating this disease remains a challenge. Thus, new therapeutic options are needed. Targeting the brain is a promising way considering both the brain abnormalities in obesity and the effect of bariatric surgery on the gut-brain axis. In this sense, deep brain stimulation can be discussed as an alternative treatment. This safe and reversible neurosurgical procedure, wherein electrodes are implanted in a brain area, modulates neural circuits for therapeutic purposes. It has already been approved for treating movement disorders and is under study for several neurologic and psychiatric diseases. Considering the physiology of eating and neuroimaging studies in obese people, two brain areas, namely the hypothalamus and the nucleus accumbens, involved in the reward system, appear as putative targets.…
A brain injury can have different effects, such as medical, physical, cognitive (mental), emotional and behavioral. Behavioral problems are usually the most hard to deal with because they can have effects on their success in rehab, but also their social relationships, marriage problems, family problems, educational goals, safety and their ability to live a happy and free life. Behavioral problems can range from personality changes to long-term difficulties controlling their emotions, failure to block or manage drive and impulses and having control over themselves. In my report I will inform you on people with brain injuries, their families, and caregivers about the kinds of behavioral problems they may encounter and offer ways to confront those problems.…
The brain is a complex organ that only makes up 2.5 percent of a person's body weight, and controls every function in the body. Neuroscience research has shed a better light on how the environment; specifically technology and brain growth development, affects adolescent students in today's society (Wolfe, 2001; DeWeese, 2014).…