HMB473H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wicket-Keeper, Dementia, Morinda Citrifolia
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Concussions: you don"t have to hit your head to get a concussion, brain is injured, concussion comes from to shake in latin, diffuse axonal injury brain is either shaken, rotated, more severe shaking, stronger force exerted on brain (cid:224) more (flexion extension or lateral) damage to axon. Typical places where forces exerted the most: brain & brainstem junction(cid:224) initial loss of consciousness, poor attention and concentration, loss of functioning,; less bladder control, cerebellum brainstem junction (cid:224) impaired balance, grey matter & white matter junction (lighter, axons) coordination, dif densities accelerate at dif speeds, (cid:224) slow mental cognitive processing, fatigue, hemiparesis (one side of motor weakness) (cid:223) shearing through one area of motor cortex. Impact btwn brain and skull (cid:224) bruising: frontal, temporal lobe, injury to occipital as brain bounces backward, trouble problem solving, executive skill, impulse control, emotional & labile, cry or laugh more easily, inappropriate swearing, trouble in word finding and memory.
