Spina bifida is a birth defect that involves the incomplete closure of the neural tube during fetal development. The most common location for spina bifida malformations is in the low thoracic and lumbar region of the spinal cord (Gutman, 2008). There are three types of spina bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and meningomyelocele. Spina bifida occulta is the most common and most benign form of spina bifida. It is also oftentimes called “hidden” spina bifida because there is no visible opening on the back.
“EEG or MRI readings” are not a good way to determine an ASC. (qtd. Carroll,1) If we used an EEG or an MRI to determine an ASC then we would start saying things like sneezing, coughing, sleeping, being in a coma, thinking of the color red, and being dead as ASC’s . Brain wave readings are not a good way of measuring ASC’s. Alpha waves have had some measure of success finding ASC’s, such as “The Zone” or “Flow State”.
People born without a corpus callosum can perform many tasks that split-brain patients fail. 63. For more than 95% of right-handed people, the left hemisphere is strongly dominant for speech. 64. Most left-handers have left-hemisphere dominance for speech.
Treacher Collins causes downward sloping eyes (these can lead to vision issues), ears may be undersized or completely absent, no ear canal, middle ear bones can be missing affecting hearing, missing cheek bones, underdeveloped jaw, cleft pallet can occur, these facial issues can lead to problems with speech, swallowing, and sometimes breathing. A person with Treacher Collins would be diagnosed before birth through an ultra-sound or soon after birth through an exam carefully performed by your doctor to search for distinct and unique physical features associated with Treacher Collins, there may also be X-rays and CT scans to confirm what your doctor has seen in their exam. Treatment available for Treacher Collins includes genetic
KF suffered brain damage from a motorcycle accident which damaged his short-term memory. The damage was mainly for verbal information and his memory for visual information was unaffected. This shows that there are separate STM components for visual information (VSS) and verbal information (phonological loop). Another strength is that The working memory model explains a lot more than the
Seizures are symptoms of abnormal brain functions. With the exception of very young children and the elderly, the cause of the abnormal brain function is usually not identifiable. When seizures start, the physician will try to identify the cause of the seizure. This is because the most specific diagnosis as to why seizures are occurring depends on finding a cure, and the best therapy will be one specific to the etiology. If a specific diagnosis of cause cannot be made , then the epilepsy will be described according to seizure type or epileptic syndrome.
Dysfunction of the chest wall 3. Dysfunction of the lung parenchyma and 4. Other causes. Decreased respiratory drive Decreased respiratory drive may occur with severe brain injury, large lesions of the brain stem (multiple sclerosis), use of sedative medications, and metabolic disorders such as hypothyroidism. These disorders impair the normal response of chemoreceptors in the brain to normal respiratory stimulation.
Cell Biology Assignment #1 Bartter Syndrome Type IV | Description of Symptoms Bartter syndrome IV is a rare disorder where abnormal kidney metabolism results in low blood acidity and potassium levels and also involving sensorineural deafness. Here are 25 possible symptoms of Bartter Syndrome IV with a brief description of some of the symptoms. Excessive amniotic fluid | Reduced reflexes | Impaired urine concentration ability | Fetal hydrops | Delayed motor development | Renal salt wasting | Excessive fetal urination | Mental retardation | Chronic kidney failure | Premature birth | Motor retardation | Hyperaldosteronism | Failure to thrive | Sensorineural deafness | Hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis | Reduced muscle tone | Excessive urination | Hypokalemia | Hyponatremia | Excessive thirst | Increased level of sodium in the urine | Hypochloremia | Urinary prostaglandin E | Increased level of chloride in the urine | | | Increased level of potassium in the urine | (1. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/b/bartter_syndrome_type_4/symptoms.htm#symptom_list) Fetal hydrops - The abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in fetal tissues, usually fatal to the fetus. Failure to thrive – is when a child or infant has a low weight for their age or has a low rate of increase in their weight. Reduced reflexes – is a slower than normal reaction time to a stimulus.
The reason for the syndrome is unknown, but researchers think that disruption of the development of the fetus leads to the problems to develop. The precise cause of Prune-Belly syndrome isn't known. Ulcerative colitis is thought to be an auto-immune condition. While constipation is a rather basic digestive problem, it is going to occur differently for different folks, simply because no 2 people have the same kind of bowel movement. Chronic constipation was attributed to a reduction in abdominal wall pressure, which is crucial to aid in
In an effort to stop Henry’s seizures, neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed an experimental brain operation on Henry, then 27, to remove portions of his medial temporal lobes, including a large portion of the hippocampus, which may have been the source of his seizures. Results after the operation showed that, while Henry’s seizures were reduced in frequency, he acquired unexpected amnesia after his surgery, attributed to the surgical removal of his medial temporal lobes. This would prove to be a medical breakthrough, since the neurological substrate of memory in the brain was unknown at the time of Henry’s operation. Brain scans showed that the hippocampus and the amygdala was damaged, Henry was then asked to repeat numbers and recall every recent events (a minute ago), then repeat the same task after a distraction. His behavior was observed throughout the day as well as his reactions to trivial activities in his daily life.