HLSC 4P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Toxoplasma Gondii, 40Th Parallel North, Treponema Pallidum
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He will post marks on sakai after all of them are done. Down to the cells, glial cells for protection. Fetus does not have a brain; incompatible with life. Protrusion of cns membranes through the brain/spinal cord. Protrusion of the spinal corf and membranes through deficit in spinal column. Exposure of spinal cord/ meninges to outside world. As we get older the warranty starts to wear out. The artery that goes into the brain goes directly to the motor cortext. The signs depend on which blood vessel is affected. Bacterial viral, protozoal, fungal is the most common. Measels, rubella, adenovirus, herpesvirus [viral encephalitis], cytomegalovirus, neuotropic viruses, encephalopathies (rabies) Dementia in older population- 6th and 2nd decade but the process starts in the. Chromosome 19 (apoe-4) and 21 (as in down"s) Tal protein present and build up leading to death of synapse. Decrease in dopaminergic neurons especially in the elderly (l-dopa therapy)