PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Cellular Respiration
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The normal adult brain produces new neurons and neural death is an important part of brain development. We will be able to understand how and why brain damages occur and how to best treat them. Autopsy: " to see for one self"" provides information about the life and health of the individual as well as how they died. It also gives insight about how various diseases can affect the body. We know that neurological damages are responsible for cell (neurons, glia) death. Degeneration: all cells including neurons die in 2 ways: * necrosis: overwhelming failure to maintain homeostasis within the neuron; thought of as neural homicide or manslaughter. When neurons lose the ability to regulate their internal environment, swelling and membrane bursting occurs. The bursting (lysis) spills the contents of the neurons into the extracelluar space, which results in death of the neurons.
