The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a rare autoimmune with an estimated annual incidence of one case per million per year. It is characterized by painful ophthalmoplegia (weakness of the eye muscles) and is caused by an idiopathic granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus. While considered a benign condition, permanent neurologic deficits can occur, and relapses are common, often requiring prolonged immunosuppressive therapy. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome must be carefully differentiated from more malignant
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As the number of people using computers increases, so is the increase in number of people, who suffer from symptoms, which are commonly known as Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS). This condition results from focusing eyes on a computer or other display device for long and uninterrupted period. The symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, fatigue, eyestrain, dry eyes, irritated eyes, double vision, dizziness, and difficulty in refocusing the eyes. These improper lighting conditions (i.e. glare or
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------------------------------------------------- Pathology Anatomical The basal ganglia, a group of brain structures innervated by the dopaminergic system, are the most seriously affected brain areas in PD.[41] The main pathological characteristic of PD is cell death in the substantia nigra and, more specifically, the ventral (front) part of the pars compacta, affecting up to 70% of the cells by the time death occurs.[8] Macroscopic alterations can be noticed on cut surfaces of the brainstem
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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 24, 2010 • 30(12):4467– 4480 • 4467 Development/Plasticity/Repair Demonstration of a Neural Circuit Critical for Imprinting Behavior in Chicks Tomoharu Nakamori,1,3 Katsushige Sato,2,4 Yasuro Atoji,5 Tomoyuki Kanamatsu,6 Kohichi Tanaka,1 and Hiroko Ohki-Hamazaki1,3,7 1 Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute and 2Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School
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Visual Information Processing Brenda Upsey Psycho/640 Dr. Samatha Hickman Visual Information Processing A person eyes and brain is the key to help express or interpret what they see. Our eyes and brain are an important part of our daily life and we need our eyes to see the world and to express what we see. The brain and eyes work together to help processing information through our vision. The brain stimulates our five senses, such as touch, smell, sight, taste, and hearing however, most stimuli
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The Talent Code – Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How Introduction – The Girl Who Did a Month’s Worth of Practice in Six Minutes: * Media coverage tends to treat each hotbed as a singular phenomenon, but in truth they are all part of a larger and older pattern * Consider the artists of the Italian Renaissance, during which the city of Florence (population 70,000) suddenly produced an explosion of geniuses that has never been seen before * The questions echo – where does
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Schizophrenia Introduction *Show Slide 1* Schizophrenia is a little known mental disease that affects a small percentage of people throughout the world. The human brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and it is hard to decipher what exactly causes social capability, and overall mental health to deteriorate. Schizophrenia is an extremely mysterious disease, that strikes the interest of many people. Today I am going to inform you all about one of the most commonly
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Women's and Children's Health Network The brain Kids' Health Topic What is the brain? The brain is the control centre for your body and it sits in your skull at the top of your spinal cord. The brain has three main parts. The cerebellum (say se-re-bell-um). The cerebrum (say se-re-brum), which has two parts, the left and right cerebral hemispheres, (say se-re-brell hem-iss-fears). The brain stem, that controls a lot of the 'automatic' actions of your body such as breathing and
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING The World Health Organization defines smoking as an addiction activities. Smoking is a habit that favored some people in this modern age.Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco encased in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only occasionally, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical addiction to tobacco products. Many health experts now regard habitual smoking as a psychological addiction
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Neurobiology Discuss 2 different neurological disorders that can occur in development and how they affect development. In addition, discuss what research suggests about the effects of spiritual disciplines (prayer, meditation) on neurobiology. What is Neurological disorder? According to Early Support and Cabrera, our brain development begins during pregnancy and continues through adolescence. We are born to have trillion connections by each nerve cell (neurons) and are not developed until infancy
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