This is a brain injury that occurs in infancy. This injury is most common in preterm babies but can still happen in full term babies as well. 75% of preterm babies with Periventricular Leukomalacia will have some kind of disability. Many people do not know what causes this‚ how this is diagnosed‚ what the treatment is and the outcome of the infants affected by this. This paper will give insight to what causes Periventricular Leukomalacia and what happens to an infant who has this brain injury.
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Hypertonic Saline versus Mannitol in the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury During the recent Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts‚ Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries (sTBI) were a large portion of the wounded or deaths among Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Allies. Pannell et al. (2011) analytical study of CAF soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan from January 2006-April 2008‚ concluded most common causes of deaths deemed preventable during the Afghanistan conflict of CAF members were hemorrhage
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System found that 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL football players showed signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A concussion is an injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Your brain is surrounded by spinal fluid to cushion it from your hard skull. If you are hit hard your brain may hit your skull and become injured. There may be no visible signs of a concussion at all. The symptoms of a concussion vary from each person. Some may pass out or forget what happened while
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Injuries! In Sports! People say that sports can hurt you‚ and and they can‚ but how? Injuries from sports can hurt you or people by breaking bones‚ causing brain damage‚ or hurt children if they play high-impact sports at a younger age. In the first place‚ breaking bones and brain damage are two of many causes of sports related injuries. A 17 year old boy Hortonville junior‚ says “He knew the helmet-to-helmet collision was a hard hit‚” and shook it off. The problem is- he did not know that he got
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Case Study: Brain Injury Brain Damage/Injury refers to the “destruction or degeneration of brain cells”. This could be caused by many different factors. For example‚ traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force damages the brain like accidents‚ neurosurgery‚ etc. The famous patient HM‚ was widely studied by scientists and students in psychology. Henry Molaison (HM) Henry Molaison‚ famously HM‚ experienced numerous epileptic seizures for many years of his life. This has been linked
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Running head: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) The Silent Killer Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) The Silent Killer A human brain weighs 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) and consistency is a mass of jelly-like fats and tissues. There are at least one trillion nerve cells working to coordinate the mental and physical‚ that which sets humans apart from other species. Thus by far making this one of the most complex anatomy. Photograph by Fred Hossler of Getty Images supplied by National Geographic Thrill seeking
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The brain is a beautiful live organ located inside the head‚ through inside of the skull. The skull inside the head of the body‚ is a very thin-like bone‚ a quarter inch thick‚ that makes up the human face structure and protects our brain from getting damaged. However‚ the skull can get damaged by a violent blow or jolt to the head from an external force of impact‚ like for example‚ a car accident. Consequently‚ if the head is whipped around‚ small tearing occurs affecting the brain‚ resulting in
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Exercise 19: Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Cranial Nerves HUMAN BRAIN- RIGHT LATERAL VIEW -(A - E) A = POSTCENTRAL GYRUS B = PARIETAL LOBE C = PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS D = OCCIPITAL LOBE E = CEREBELLUM HUMAN BRAIN- RIGHT LATERAL VIEW -(F - L) F = PRECENTRAL GYRUS G = CENTRAL SULCUS H = FRONTAL LOBE I = LATERAL SULCUS J = TEMPORAL LOBE K = PONS L = MEDULLA IN WHICH OF THE CEREBRAL LOBES ARE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS FOUND? AUDITORY CORTEX TEMPORAL LOBE IN
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Discuss the use of brain imaging technologies to investigate the relationship between biological factors and behavior. Many early experiments on brain involved techniques that raise serious ethical concerns. For example‚ in order to study behavioral changes‚ psychologists practiced invasive methods such as removing or scarring brain tissues. However‚ with the great advent of brain imaging technologies‚ modern psychologists have been able to investigate the relationship between biological factors
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Advances in brain imaging technology (BIT’s) enable us to investigate the relationship between biological factors and human behaviours in greater depth. BIT’s are used to move away from more invasive techniques of studying the brain‚ such as liasoning - intentional scarring of the brain‚ and ablation - intentionally cutting out pieces of the brain. The brain imaging technologies that will be examined are electroencephalography (EEP)‚ functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)‚ magnetic resonance
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