5C Research on Neurological Disorders

Question 1

Neurological Disorders

Answer 1

Neurological disorders are diseases characterised by any damage to or malfunctioning of the nervous system

Question 2

Parkinson’s disease

Answer 2

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disease of the nervous system characterised by both motor and non-motor symptoms

Neuro degenerative disease

Question 3

Epilepsy

Answer 3

Epilepsy isassociated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain and is catergorised by recurrent seizures

Question 4

Seizures

Answer 4

Seizures are brief episodes of uncontrolled electrical discharging of neurons in the brain

Question 5

Machine learning

Answer 5

Artificial intelligence that allows software to become more accurate at predicting outcomes by mimicking the way that humans learn

Question 6

Supervised learning

Answer 6

Uses labelled data to create algorithms or equations on how to classify data or make predictions

Question 7

Unsupervised learning

Answer 7

Uses an algorithm to identify patterns or trends within unlabelled data that have not yet been discovered

Question 8

Gut brain axis

Answer 8

The gut-brain axis is the bidirectional connection between the gut and the brain through multiple parts of the nervous system

Question 9

Gut brain axis and Parkinson’s disease

Answer 9

Constipation occurs in 50% of parkinson’s patients