Alzheimers is a fatal disease to the brain‚ and it affects millions of people world wide. According to Medical News Today it`s the sixth leading caused of death in America. Alzheimers is a slow process. Alzheimers disease has seven stages‚ and each stage progresses very slowly. The first stage of Alzheimers does not show any physical signs‚ but plaques and tangles in the brain can start to develop. Stage two is very mild decline to someone infected; for example‚ the person would lose or misplace
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Informative Article U4l6 There ae many noncommunicable diseases in the world. The caught my eye was Alzheimer’s disease. I wanted to do Alzheimer’s because it has had a huge impact in my family’s life. But I wanted to tell about this disease that can really effect the person who has it. It could affect their family member life and their lifestyle. Alzheimer’s is basically losing your entire life. Alzheimer’s disease is
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It includes memory loss‚ difficulties with thinking‚ problem-solving or language‚ and etc. Brain damage due to symptoms by certain diseases is result of Alzheimer’s. Alois Alzheimer was the first person who describes the disease. It is a physical disease and also a progressive disease that affects the human brain. It slowly damages the parts of the brain‚ at first it is generally mild but they get worse over time and start to get involved
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Out of body experiences are interpreted differently by neurologists‚ psychologists and individuals associated with different fields of studies. When referring to out of body experiences‚ it is usually defined as an experience where an individual feels as if they are separating from their physical body and looking at it from the perspective of having two bodies. In other words‚ individuals are able to experience their body moving outside its boundaries while at the same time being aware of it. While
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History of Gerstmann’s Syndrome Gerstmann’s syndrome is a cognitive impairment that is caused by damage to the left parietal lobe in the region of the angular gyrus. Additionally‚ it can occur as a result of a stroke or tumor. According to the National Institute of Health‚ Gerstmann’s syndrome is named after famed neuropsychiatrist Josef Gerstmann (2008). It affects both men and women in equal numbers (NORD.org‚ 2014). It is characterized by four primary symptoms: a writing disability (agraphia or
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Seizures defined as… It is a neurologic disorder and is occur as a result of disruption in nerve cell activity in the brain causing seizure or unusual behavior‚ sensation and sometime loss on consciousness. Type of seizure: 1. Focal seizures: there is disruption in one area of brain. A. Simple partial seizure. B. Complex partial seizure. 2. Generalized seizure: there is disruption in all area of brain. A. Absence seizure. B. Tonic seizure. C. Atonic seizure. D. Clonic seizure. E. Myoclonic
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Brain Disorders One out of five Americans struggle with a brain disorder. The brain is a fragile muscle which controls thoughts‚ memory‚ speech‚ and movement. Any form of distress to the brain can cause loss of functions we take for granted. Disorders can affect you physically or mentally. Mental disorders can affect your mood which results in depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ schizophrenia‚ eating disorders and addictions; physical disorders affect your daily tasks. Brain disorders are caused by genetics
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“At Acadia‚ our mission is to improve the lives of patients by developing innovative treatments that address unmet medical needs in neurological and related central nervous and related central nervous system disorders.” Acadia Pharmaceuticals mission statement. The heart of the company’s strategy. Upon analysis of Acadia’s website‚ it can be assumed they are adhering to their mission statement due to several items on their about us page and elsewhere on the site. On Acadia’s about us page they talk
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Hippocampus The area of the brain associated with memory‚ learning and emotional response is the hippocampus‚ which is part of the limbic system. It is composed of a pair of seahorse shaped structures in the medial temporal lobe of the brain‚ one in each of the left and right lobes. It has three distinct regions: dorsal‚ ventral and intermediate. The dorsal hippocampus serves verbal and spatial memory as well as conceptual learning and assigning sensory stimuli to memories. It contains more place
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The article “The Brain on Love” by Diane Ackerman was a very interesting read. The idea of “feeling felt” stood out to me because in my experience‚ there is nothing greater than having someone feel the same way about you as you do them. We spend our entire lives looking for someone who will give us these neurological pick-me-ups and try to stay clear of those who will cause us mental pain. I was also surprised to find that social rejection and physical pain affect the same area of the brain. Although
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