CSD 409 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gyrus, Grey Matter, Lateral Sulcus
24 Mar 2016
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Discussion quesions: compare and contrast thalamic aphasia to other types of aphasia. Semanic paraphasia (patern needs to be semanic0 (like saying cats when you mean dog) (animal when trying to say cat. Improving vocal loudness and ariculaion by raising voice in parkinsons. The meninges 3 layered membrane that surround the brain that surround the brain: protect the brain. Layers: dura mater, arachnoid layer, pia mater. Space between the skull and dura: subdural space. Under the dura and above arachnoid: subarachnoid space. Blood brain barrier: role of astrocytes. Help control the environment: protect brain and spinal cord, help maintain the environment for the cells of the cns, problems at the blood brain barrier. How to medicate paients so that it surpasses the blood brain barrier. Strokes are common (ater cleaning: vertebral arteries, 20% of the oxygen is used up by the brain, those arteries feed into the circle of willis.
