DYSFUNCTIONS The Brain Huntingtons Choreadisease Parkinsons Disease Concussion

DYSFUNCTIONS

The Brain

Huntington’s Chorea/disease

Parkinson’s Disease

Concussion

CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy What is CTE? Mike Webster

Brain contusion

FYI: traumatic brain injury

Brain Hematoma

Contusion or hematoma? A hematoma is a localized collection, or pocket, of blood, and a contusion denotes the soft tissue damage that results in bleeding. Intracerebral tells you it has occurred within the cerebrum as opposed to, say, occurring within the meninges that surround the brain. When the bleeding is diffusely spread in the tissues, then you'll just hear it referred to as a cerebral contusion. When a localized hematoma forms, it can be the result of bleeding from a cerebral contusion, or a bleed from a vessel or vessels that spontaneously ruptured. Whether or not bleeding from the ears or nose occurs would depend on the location of trauma, or of the bleed. Bleeding from the vessels of the meninges can enter the ear or nasal cavities.

Intercranial hemorrhage

Cerebrovascular Accident: CVA

Transient ischemic attack: TIA

Alzheimer’s Disease

Multiple Schlerosis: MS

Rabies

Shingles

Reye’s Syndrome

Epilepsy

Migraine headaches

Tension headaches

Other: AVM-atrioventricular malformation

Cerebral embolism

Lou Gehrig’s disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease, " is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed