Study Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which continues to be on the increase throughout the world. A horrible and unpredictable disorder that can vary in presence from benign to partial disability to completely catastrophic as transmission between the brain and other areas of the body becomes interrupted and confused. With the onset of MS‚ the body’s own auto-immune system attacks the protective layer of myelin surrounding the spinal cord. Over time
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Lab AMU Multiple Sclerosis A disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS) is known as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and affects over 2.5 million people worldwide. Around 400‚000 people who have the disease reside in the United States. Of that 400‚000 the ratio is roughly one woman to every seven men. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease where the individual’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. The immune system attacks and damages the myelin sheath which is a coating that is around
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September 29‚ 2014 Kristen Scott-Groves Early to Middle Childhood Page 2 Introduction Children will make many changes between early and middle childhood. Some of those changes will be physical‚ there will be changes in the brain‚ nervous system‚ cognition‚ problem solving and judgment and they will have major milestones in social and emotional development. Physical Development On average children in early childhood with grow two to three inches in height and about five pounds in weight
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retention. Caffeine has a positive effect on learning and memory because it improves short term memory and increases reaction times. The caffeine travels to the hippocampus‚ which is the memory center in the human brain‚ which then works with the nervous system to retain the information‚ even if it’s only for a little while. The hippocampus is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. Caffeine stimulates the production of adrenaline‚ which is a hormone found in the pituitary gland. The pituitary
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striated. Furthermore‚ it has slight similarities to the smooth muscles‚ because its contractions are not under conscious control. On the other hand this type of muscle is highly specialised. It is under the control of the autonomic nervous system‚ however‚ even without nervous imput contractions can occur due to cells called pacemaker cells. Cardiac muscle is highly resistant to fatigue due to the presence of a large number of mitochondria‚ myoglobin and a good blood supply allowing continuous aerobic
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Although the basic elements of behavior are indeed a very complicated system‚ one must identify the different elements and discuss how they unite to form a very distinctive and efficient system. The body’s nervous system and brain are the producers of the basic elements of behavior. The human body is a tremendous and intrinsic machine with many parts all functioning in unison. Robert S. Feldman (2009) states‚ “The nervous system is the pathway for the instructions that permit our bodies to carry
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the brain. The auditory system controls how people physiological and behavioral react to sound. Sound moves from the inner ear to the auditory cortex directly. Then sound moves to the temporal lobes where it is consciously perceived. Depending on the type of music will determine the response. As said by Westman‚ “The arousal level of the central nervous system depends upon the intensity‚ complexity‚ variability‚ predictability and meaning of sound stimuli. The auditory system responds most to changes
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to long term (just a few months or possibly forever) becomes distorted and the brain is unable to store long term memories or knowledge anymore [2‚ 12]. Effects on Motor Control A serious consequence of drinking is damage to the central nervous system (CNR). When a person decides they want their body to perform an action‚ the CNR sends a signal to the brain which will relay this information to the part of the body needed to perform the action. Since alcohol is a depressant of the CNS‚ it
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Signals Traveling in Neurons Two opposing ideas about the nervous system * Reticular theory ( the nervous system consisted of a large network of fused nerve cells) * Neuron theory ( the nervous system consisted of distinct elements or cells * Discovery of staining led to the acceptance of neuron theory. Staining is a chemical technique that caused nerve cells to become colored so they stood out from surrounding tissue * A way of electricity is transmitted in groups of neurons‚ such
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Exp #2: Organization of Nervous Tissue Exercise 1: Multipolar Neurons Paste an image found on LabPaq site or Google images of a spinal cord smear and label its basic parts using basic labeling boxes provided. Identify the cell body‚ the nucleus‚ the large nucleolus‚ and granular Nissl bodies on the slide. Try to find the axon and differentiate it from the dendrites if possible. Hint: after pasting image‚ right click on it and select “order”‚ “send to back”. cell body nucleus large
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