01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Edema, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Eye Tracking
24 Jun 2016
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Look at brain damage and see how behavior has changed. Looking at differences before and after damage predated imaging. Examine effects of stimulating particular parts of the brain. First line of defense in any type of damage. Body starts the inflammatory process (this is the main response to damage) It doesn"t have to involve bacteria or fungi or viruses. Early physicians noticed the signs of the process. First part: vasodilation (blood vessel widens so more blood goes to the area) When there is more blood going there, it is warmer. Vasodilation: more blood and warmer area (calor, warmth) Blood vessels become leaky (allow proteins to leave blood stream and attract fluid) Also, swelling is evident (tumor, means swelling in latin) This is the start of all the repair and removal that must occur for healing to be successful. Many diseases of the present are blamed on chronic inflammation. If you take anti-inflammatory (oldest and most powerful is aspirin)
