PSYB65H3 Lecture : lecture 03
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Problem in the vascular system (blood flow): blockage: the blockage prevents blood to go to the brain blood carry o & sucrose. o is really important especially brain it is highly active in metabolically short time w/out o is devastating. person can only stay alive 3 min or less w/out o : e. g. heart attack if it too long to get it beating & supply blood most likely suffer some type of brain damage. 1 st type: cerebral vascular accidents (cva) most com monly refer to as stroke term stroke is com monly used in. severe interruption to the blood supply of the brain this results in ischemia. In general sense, it means problem in the blood supply (not enough blood/ O ) to the brain: since o is the primary component in blood. it also refer to as disruption of o supply to the brain.
