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Chapter II Flashcards

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The study of how the brain and other aspects of the nervous system are linked to cognitive processing & behavior; discussed the anatomy (structures) and mechanisms (how it works) of the brain.

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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What is the main organ in Cognitive Neuroscience?

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Brain

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The organ in our bodies that most directly controls our thoughts, emotion and motivation.

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Brain

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Processes all stimuli in the environment.

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Reactive

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Give information to different parts of the body to tell them what to do.

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Directive

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Refers to the specific areas of the brain that control specific skills or behaviors.

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Localization of function

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The basis for our ability to perceive, adapt to, and interact with the world around us.

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Nervous system

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3 parts of the brain.

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Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain

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Part of the brain that if first to develop; responsible for survival; can be seen in most animals.

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Hindbrain

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Parts of Hindbrain

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Medulla Oblongata
Pons
Cerebellum

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Part of the hindbrain that is responsible for heart activities, digestion, and swallowing; part of the brainstem; can be felt at the nape; only part that isn’t protected by the skull.

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Medulla Oblongata

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Part of the Hindbrain that contains neural fibers that pass signals from one part of the brain to
another; acts as bridges; all of its axons are extended to different parts of the brain for faster transportation of information.

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Pons

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Part of the Hindbrain that is responsible for body balance, coordination, muscle tone & procedural memory; “little cerebrum”

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Cerebellum

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Part of the brain that is responsible for eye coordination & eye movement.

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Midbrain

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Parts of Midbrain

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Reticular Activating System (RAS)

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Part of the midbrain that is a network of neurons essential to regulating consciousness,
including sleep; wakefulness; arousal; attention to some extent; and vital functions, such
as heartbeat and breathing; extends from midbrain to hindbrain.

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Reticular Activating System (RAS)

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Connects the forebrain to the spinal cord.

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Brainstem

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The region of the brain located toward the top and front of the brain.

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Forebrain

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Parts of Forebrain

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Basal ganglia
Limbic system
Cerebral Cortex

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Part of the Forebrain that are collections of neurons crucial to motor function; dysfunction can result in motor deficits.

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Basal ganglia

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Part of the Forebrain that is important to emotion, motivation, memory, and learning.

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Limbic system

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Organs included in the limbic system.

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Hippocampus
Amygdala
Septum
Thalamus
Hypothalamus

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Organ in the limbic system that is responsible for declarative memory, autobiographical memory, life experiences, memory formation, & spatial memory.

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Hippocampus

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A disease that produces loss of memory function.

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Korsakoff ’s syndrome.

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Organ in the limbic system that is an important role in emotion as well, especially in anger and aggression; perception of emotional stimuli; social cognition.

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Amygdala

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This is how we respond in a social environment.

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Social cognition

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Most important function of amygdala.

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Perception of emotional stimuli

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Organ in the limbic system that is involved in anger and fear.

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Septum

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Organ in the limbic system that relays incoming sensory information through groups of neurons
that project to the appropriate region in the cortex; acts as the switchboard; regulates sending of signals.

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Thalamus

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Organ in the limbic system that regulates behavior related to species survival; responsible for 4 Fs; consciousness, pressure, pain; stimulates pituitary gland.

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Hypothalamus

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What are the 4 Fs?

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Fight
Flight
Feeding (appetite)
Fucking (mating)

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Part of the Forebrain that is the outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres; plays a vital role in our thinking and other mental processes.

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Cerebral cortex

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In human beings, the many convolutions, or
creases, of the cerebral cortex include three elements:

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Sulci
Fissures
Gyri

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Small grooves

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Sulci

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Large grooves

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Fissures

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Bulges between adjacent sulci or fissures.

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Gyri

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2 types of cerebral cortex.

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White matter
Gray matter

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Interior cover of the cerebral cortex.

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White matter

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Grayish surface of the cerebral cortex.

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Gray matter

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2 parts of the cerebral hemisphere.

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Left hemisphere
Right hemisphere

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A dense aggregate of neural fibers
connecting the two cerebral hemispheres.

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Corpus callosum

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Hemisphere that is responsible for logic, mathematics, verbal reasoning, analytical thinking, and ordering.

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Left hemisphere

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Hemisphere that is responsible for reading, writing, creative thinking, artistic abilities, feelings, visualization, imagination, inclusion, and rhythm.

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Right hemisphere

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From one side to another.

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Contralateral

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Transmission on the same side.

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Ipsilateral

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2 types of transmission in the brain.

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Contralateral
Ipsilateral

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Discovered left & right hemisphere; physiologist/neurocientist; studied aphasia.

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Discovered Broca’s area; specialized in patients with stroke & aphasia.

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Paul Broca

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Part of the brain that is speech-centered.

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Broca’s area

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Discovered Wernicke’s area; German

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Carl Wernicke

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Part of the brain that is for language comprehension.

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Wernicke’s area

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First to conduct research about brain specialization; split brain surgery operation.

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Rogers Sperry

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A condition where the body is acting like it’s separate.

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Alien hands syndrome

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What’s the research topic was Rogers Sperry able to won a noble prize?

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Brain specialization

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Loss of speech.

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Patients who have undergone an operation severing the corpus callosum.

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Split-brain patients

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Disorders of skilled movements.

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4 lobes of the brain.

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Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Temporal

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Lobe toward the front of the brain; associated with motor processing and higher thought processes, such as abstract reasoning, problem solving, planning, and judgment.

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Frontal lobe

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Region toward the front of the frontal lobe; involved in complex motor control and
tasks that require integration of information over time.

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Prefrontal cortex

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Contained in the frontal lobe; specializes in the planning, control, and execution of movement, particularly of movement involving any kind
of delayed response.

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Primary Motor Cortex

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Depict the body parts of a person mapped on the brain.

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Lobe at the upper back portion of the brain; associated with somatosensory processing.

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Parietal lobe

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Receives information from the senses about pressure, texture, temperature, and pain; located right behind the frontal lobe’s primary motor cortex.

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Primary somatosensory cortex

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Lobe that is located below the parietal lobe, directly under your temples; associated with auditory processing and comprehending language.

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Temporal lobe

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Associated with visual processing; contains numerous visual areas, each specialized to analyze specific aspects of a scene, including color, motion, location, and form.

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Occipital lobe

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Areas in the lobes in which sensory processing occurs.

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Projection areas

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Individual neural cells transmit electrical signals from one location to another in the nervous system.

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Basic parts of the neuron.

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Soma
Dendrites
Axon
Myelin
Node of Ranvier
Terminal buttons
Synapse
Neurotransmitters

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Contains the nucleus of the cell; responsible for the life of the neuron and connects the dendrites to the axon.

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Branchlike structures that receive information from other neurons, and the soma integrates the information.

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Long, thin tube that extends (and sometimes splits) from the soma and responds to the
information, when appropriate, by transmitting an electrochemical signal.

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White, fatty substance that surrounds some of
the axons of the nervous system, which accounts for some of the whiteness of the white
matter of the brain.

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Small gaps in the myelin coating along the axon, which increase conduction speed even more by helping to create electrical signals (action potentials).

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Node of Ranvier

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Small knobs found at the ends of the branches of an axon that do not directly touch the dendrites of the next neuron.

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Terminal buttons

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Serves as a juncture between the terminal buttons of one or more neurons and the dendrites (or sometimes the soma) of one or more other neurons.

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Chemical messengers that transmit information across the synaptic gap to the receiving dendrites of the next neuron.

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Neurotransmitters

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Transmitter that is associated with memory functions.

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Acetylcholine

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Transmitter that is associated with attention, learning, and movement coordination.

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Transmitter that plays an important role in eating behavior and body-weight regulation.

81
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Areas where body tissue has been damaged.

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Thin electrode is inserted next to a single neuron; changes in electrical activity in the cell are then recorded.

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Single-cell recording/method

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Surgically removing or damaging part of the brain—to observe resulting functional deficits.

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Recordings of the electrical frequencies and intensities of the living brain, typically recorded over relatively long periods.

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Electroencephalograms (EEGs)

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Record of a small change in the brain’s electrical activity in response to a stimulating event.

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Event-related potential (ERP)

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Participants ingests a mildly radioactive form of oxygen that emits positrons as it is metabolized; changes in concentration of positrons in targeted areas of the brain are then measured.

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Positron emission tomography (PET)

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Creates a magnetic field that induces
changes in the particles of oxygen
atoms; differences in the amounts of oxygen
consumed form the basis for fMRI
measurements.

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

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Involves placing a coil on a person’s head and then allowing an electrical current to pass through it; researcher can then look at cognitive functioning when the particular area is disrupted.

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

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Involves measuring brain activity through detection of magnetic fields by placing a device over the head.

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Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

90
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Ultrasound measures the velocity of blood flow in the brain.

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Functional transcranial Doppler sonography (fTCD)

91
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A sensor on the forehead measures blood flow in the prefrontal cortex and amount of oxygen in the blood.

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Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

92
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Occur when the flow of blood to the brain undergoes a sudden disruption.

93
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A brain disorder caused by a stroke.

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Vascular disorder

94
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Usually occurs when a buildup of fatty tissue occurs in blood vessels over a period of years, and a piece of this tissue breaks off and gets lodged in arteries of the brain.

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Ischemic stroke

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Occurs when a blood vessel in the brain suddenly breaks.

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Hemorrhagic stroke

96
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Type of tumors that start in the brain; most
childhood brain tumors are of this type.

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Primary brain tumors

97
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Type of tumors that start as tumors somewhere else in the body.

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Secondary brain tumors

98
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Type of head injury where the skull remains intact, but there is damage to the brain, typically from the mechanical force of a blow to the head.

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Closed-head injuries

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Type of head injury where the skull does not remain intact but rather is penetrated, for example, by a bullet.

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Open-head injuries

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