Brain Damage Effects Flashcards
What does Biofeedback Therapy work to decrease?
Sympathetic nervous system response
Quadriplegia occurs due to damage to the spine severed between which cervical vertebrae?
Cervical 1-5
Paraplegia occurs due to severing the spine after which cervical vertebrae?
Cervical 6/7
What is Paresis?
Muscle weakness but not loss of motor control
Aphasias are difficulties in producing speech that occur due to damage in which hemisphere?
Left hemisphere
Broca’s Aphasia is characterized by what type of speech?
Effortful, telegraphic, dysprosodic
Wernicke’s Aphasia primarily affects what ability?
Understanding speech
What is Apraxia?
Inability to perform a task or movement when asked
Ataxia results in what type of movement?
Poor muscle control resulting in clumsy movements
What does Agnosia refer to?
Difficulty recognizing items, individuals, sounds
Acalculia/dyscalculia are difficulties in processing what?
Numbers and performing calculations
What is Agraphia/Dysgraphia?
Inability to write
Bradykinesia is characterized by what?
Slowed movement
Choreiform Movements are described as what type of movements?
Jerky, irregular, unwanted movements
What are the four components of Gertmann’s Syndrome?
- Acalculia
- Agraphia
- Left-right disorientation
- Finger agnosia
Who conducted the heart experiment assessing split brain subjects?
Roger Sperry
Kluver Bucy Syndrome results from the absence of which brain structure?
Amygdala
Huntington’s disease is characterized by what type of movements?
Choreiform movements
Parkinson’s disease involves degeneration of what type of neurons?
Dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra
Left Hemisphere Damage can lead to difficulties in which areas?
- Language
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Right side of the body
Right Hemisphere Damage can result in which condition?
Left-side hemineglect
Frontal Lobe Injury can lead to changes in which areas?
- Personality
- Problem solving/planning
- Language issues (Broca’s aphasia)
What are the effects of Parietal Lobe Injury?
- Anomia
- Difficulties differentiating left from right
- Hand-Eye coordination issues
Temporal Lobe Damage can affect which functions?
- Aggression
- Sexual behaviour
- Memory difficulties
Occipital Lobe Damage leads to difficulties in recognizing what?
- Drawn images
- Naming colours
- Recognizing written words
Thalamus abnormalities are associated with which condition?
Schizophrenia
Damage to the hypothalamus can lead to which syndrome?
Kallman syndrome
Damage to the Amygdala can reduce what?
Aggression
Damage to the Septum can increase what?
Aggression/rage syndrome
What does CNS stand for?
Central nervous system
What does PNS stand for?
Peripheral nervous system
The SCN is responsible for regulating what?
Sleep-wake cycles
