What Are the Causes of Learning Disabilities? This is a big topic, and has occupied some of the best minds in the field for decades. There are a number of theories as to the etiology of learning disabilities, and to some extent, all of them might be true for different people. As in some other […]
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Where Does ADHD Come From?
Where Does ADHD Come From? Most experts in the field believe that ADHD has a strong inheritance component. So you will often find one or both parents with some variation of ADHD. However, since ADHD is usually related to some kind of brain physiology problem, it can also come from birth trauma or early head […]
Where does ADD come from?
Most experts in the field believe that ADD has a strong component related to inheritance. So you will often find one or both parents with some variation of ADD. However, since ADD is usually related to some kind of brain physiology problem, it can also come from birth trauma or early head injury. These latter […]
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation vs....
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation vs. Neurofeedback Although stimulating the brain with electricity has refined itself in the last couple of decades, it is a scary thing to do- to zap brain with electricity. There may be memory problems that do not necessarily resolve. It also may cause brain damage. If you have funny brain of any […]
Wilson’s Disease
Wilson’s Disease, also known as hepatolenticular degeneration, is an inherited metabolic disease that impacts the liver’s ability to excrete copper (1). More specifically, it is a mutation of gene ATP7B, found on chromosome 13, that results in a progressive accumulation of copper in the liver, central nervous system (often the basal ganglia), kidneys and eyes, […]
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels and acts. It is typically characterized by a difficulty in distinguishing between what is real and what is not. About 1% of individuals worldwide are affected by this illness, with men and women being equally affected. Onset of symptoms typically occurs between […]
Mild TBI and Posttraumatic Amnesia (P...
Mild TBI and Posttraumatic Amnesia (PTA). According to the Center for Disease Control, about 1.5 million brain injuries ranging in severity occur each year, with about 75% of those injuries consisting of mild traumatic brain injuries (MTBI) (1). An estimated $17 billion dollars are spent yearly on the diagnosis and treatment of MTBI’s (1). The […]
Chiari Malformation
Chiari malformations are characterized by the herniation of the cerebellum into an opening at the base of the skull known as the foramen magnum (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8). There are three types of malformations each based on the degree of herniation; however, the severity of symptoms is not necessarily dependent on the degree of herniation (8). Chiari I […]
Parkinson’s Disease
Symptoms/Etiology Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor impairments, such as a resting “pill-rolling” tremor, bradykinesia and cogwheel rigidity (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Specifically it involves the dysfunction of the substantia nigra within the basal ganglia and the frontostriatal circuits in the brain (3, 5). The motor impairments result from cell […]
Electrical Injuries
Electrical injuries are injuries that result from either direct or indirect contact with an electrical current. It is estimated that about 130,000 emergency room visits and 1,000 fatalities per year are related to electrical injuries in the United States (1,2). However, the actual number of electrical injuries that occur each year is unknown since many […]