Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Alpha Motor Neuron, Hearing Loss, Stroke

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

Document Summary

Cerebromedullospinal disconnection cannot move your limbs or speak paralysis of all or nearly all of the voluntary muscles researching individuals who were in a vegetative state. When you are in a vegetative state, a quadriplegic, you. You are conscious and awake, but cannot communicate die to. Dr. avery world renounced, attend western, focused on. He found that 20 % of all the patients had brain activity. Could communicate with them through an fmri they would ask them a question to imagine doing something- brain activity would increase if they had brain activity. Frequently caused by damage to specific portions of the lower brain stem the pons, which is below the midbrain and above the brain stem. See story of jean-dominique bauby the diving bell and the. Damage to midbrain results in loss of consciousness. Brain stem responsible for heart rate and breathing, depends on the damage if the patient cannot breathe or eat on their own go into a coma.