Neurodegenerative Diseases: Are They Any Less Important? Susan G. Komen for the Cure‚ the American Cancer Society‚ the Lance Armstrong Foundation‚ and Stand Up 2 Cancer are a few widely known associations among the public and the medical community. These foundations make substantial monetary contributions towards the never-ending fight against cancer. There is no doubting that this is a terrible disease in which the body’s cells divide much too rapidly often causing malignant tumors that can
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Dystonia is usually the result of injury‚ pressure or trauma to the brain but it can also be an unseen result of illness or disease . Dystonia the name originated from a man called DR. Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919); He opened a centre for clinical neurology in 1980 and wrote information on brain tumours and syphilis of the brain. In 1911 Oppenheim invented the term ‘Dystonia muscular in deformans’; the term Dystonia is used regularly in modern times. Before
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease for which there are currently no treatments that slow or halt its progression(1) The cardinal early features of the disease are movement disorders‚ including chorea and incoordination‚ and later on‚ dystonia‚rigidity‚ and bradykinesia become more prominent.Patients die usually between 15 and 25 years after development of the first symptoms.(2‚3‚4) Brains from patients with HD show neuronal degeneration‚most prominently in
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Foldvary-Schaefer N‚ Wyllie E. Epilepsy. In: Goetz CG‚ ed. Textbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd ed. Philadelphia‚ PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007; chap 52. Krumholz A‚ Wiebe S‚ Gronseth G‚ et al. Practice parameter; evaluating an apparent unprovoked first seizer in adults (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology. 2007;69(21):1996-2007. Pollack CV Jr. Seizers. In: Marx JA‚ ed. Rosen’s Emergency
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became the first to ever record human brain waves. Now‚ doctors are able to diagnose many different disorders‚ locate tumors and monitor brain activity and health. Without the hard work of Berger‚ none of today’s work in psychology‚ psychiatry‚ or neurology would be possible. In this essay‚ I will cover the life and discuss the contributions made by Hans Berger. Hans Berger: Creator of the Electroencephalogram Berger was born on May 21‚ 1873 in the small town of Neuses‚ Germany
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want to spend your Saturday afternoon reading. It is a reliable source because it is an encyclopedia and it has been revised multiple times before it has been published. Stark‚ Susan L.‚ et al. "Preclinical Alzheimer Disease and Risk of Falls." Neurology 81.5 (2013): 437-43. ProQuest. Web. 23 Sep. 2013. This scholarly journal describes how Alzheimer’s effects the brain in every way possible. The text explains how Alzheimer’s takes over the complete brain and it can affect every mundane task. The
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When I was little it was very hard for my parents to get me to read‚ I hated it with all my heart until I entered the 3rd grade and found a book on mummification. The only things I remember about this book is that the Egyptians removed the brain by pulling pieces of it out through the nose until the cranium was empty. I thought that was the coolest thing in the world and my love for all things brain developed. I didn’t acknowledge that my love for playing doctor and my love for the brain could be
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disease? Neurology . 2009;72(7 Suppl):S39-43. Weaver FM‚ Follett K‚ Stern M‚ et al. Bilateral deep brain stimulation vs best medical therapy for patients with advanced Parkinson disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA . 2009;301(1):63-73. Zesiewicz TA‚ Sullivan KL‚ Arnulf I‚ Chaudhuri KR‚ Morgan JC‚ Gronseth GS‚ et al. Practice Parameter: treatment of nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson disease: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology . 2010 Mar
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Please summarize the reasons that you are applying for this program‚ what you hope to gain by participating in SSRP‚ and how it fits into your future educational and career objectives. Please be sure to indicate general or specific areas of scientific research that you may want to pursue in our program and why those areas are of particular interest to you. For me‚ participating in SSRP would be both constructive and propitious for my undergraduate career. The program will help me progress those
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Due to the dopamine deficiency‚ PD patients have several different symptoms. Most report a gradual onset of aching‚ malaise‚ and fatigue; followed by evidence of a tremor in one or more than one extremity.11 Even with the large number of symptoms‚ no two people will experience the exact same symptoms of the disease.8 These symptoms are divided into two categories: motor and non-motor symptoms. Because PD affects the way the brain controls the movements of the body‚ the first symptoms usually
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