brain

Ultradian

...ctors. Researchers are working to understand the brain chemistry basis of mood states in an effort to better diagnose and treat Bipolar Disorder. This research shows the promise of finding biological determinants for Ultradian mood states. ["Acute, rapid-cycle bipolar disorder" has also been used in re...

Telephone Triage

...ing and forms. The goal should be to mimic how the brain naturally solves problems in "real world" situations. Protocols vs. Training Telephone triage is a high-risk area of practice, primarily because nurses cannot see the patient with whom they are speaking. Thus, training and guidelines are ess...

Polysomnographic technician

...ired electrodes on one's head to collect and score brain wave activity ( electroencephalogram or EEG ). Then there are electrodes which document eye movement ( electrooculogram or EOG ), fluctuation of muscle tension usually in the legs and chin ( electromyogram or EMG ), and heart rate ( ECG or el...

Ramón Carrillo

... contributed valuable original research about the brain cells which are not neurons—named glial cells —a... phylogeny ), and the comparative anatomy of the brain across the several classes of vertebrates . In the same period Ramón Carrillo contributed novel tec...

Phantom pain

...e in these cases, but is instead the result of the brain receiving messages from the spinal cord which it...l cord, which finally send the information to the brain . If the nociceptive neurons cease to receive information to pass on, they will instead send the neu...

NeuroArm

... CBC , April 17, 2007 Robot set to revolutionize brain surgery , CTV , April 17, 2007 Canadian robot does better brain surgery , USA Today, April 17, 2007 Project neuroArm bios , University of Calgary , April 17, 200...

Neuropsychiatry

...al problems of cognition and/or behavior caused by brain injury or brain disease. 'Behavioral Neurology / Neuropsychiatry' fellowships are jointly accredited through the Un...

Neurobiological Brain Disorder

... Some illnesses considered to be neurobiological brain disorders are: Autistic-Spectrum Disorders, Schizo...previously unexplained etyiologies, when affecting brain function such as thyroid hormone dysfunctions, Multiple Sclerosis, and certain vitamin deficiencies,...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

...ng. The second theory is that in chronic pain, the brain has "forgotten" about the pain and is doing nothin...rapy a new inflammatory process is created and the brain can react to it by sending the necessary body nutrients down to the area to promote healing. For tr...

Directed attention fatigue

...he inhibitory attention system , that part of the brain which allows us to concentrate in the face of distractions, becomes fatigued. Signs of directed attention fatigue include temporarily feeling unusually distractible, impatient, forgetful, or cranky when there is no associated illness . In more sev...

Episodic memory

...isodic memory performance Activation of specific brain areas (mostly the hippocampus ) seems to be diffe...e tends to damage the hippocampus before other brain areas. This means that AD patients are often classed as amnesiacs. A rare type of shell-fish poiso...

Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition

...mediated effect. DSI is classically produced in a brain slice experiment (i.e. a 300-400 µm slice of brain...on and has been demonstrated in other areas of the brain such as the basal ganglia , the cortex , the amygdala , and the hypothalamus (Katona et al. 2...

Beevor's axiom

Beevor's Axiom is the idea that the brain does not know muscles , but only movements. This is important in predicting how muscles and muscle groups adapt to stressors . The axiom is named after Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908), an English anatomist . External links Medical...

Breath-holding spells

...ds to a significant decrease of circulation to the brain and ultimately, loss of consciousness. There is no "post ictal" phase (as is seen with seizures ), no incontinence , and the child is fine in between spells. Electroencephalograms (EEG's) are normal in these children. There is no relationship to th...

Abtissue pathology

...hemical balance of the nervous system , makes the brain react as if there were an internal organ disfuncti...of the nervous system , making the aforementioned brain disfunction to occur. If the victim does not die from opportunistic infections, then it will die eit...