Week 6: Neurodiversity, Neurogenerative diseases, Neuroplasticity Flashcards
___ refers to the idea that neurological differences, such as autism or ADHD, reflect normal variations in brain development
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity was first coined in the ___ by Australian scientist __
1990s, Judy Singer
Judy Singer is in what spectrum
Autism spectrum
While it is originally most commonly associated with autism, they also include other learning and developmental differences such as…?
ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette’s, and synesthesia and etc.
People that have these have existed throughout human history.
Neurological differences
An Australian pediatrician and medical theorists referred children with precocious aptitude as “little professors”
Hans Asperger’s
A chronic condition that damages and destroy parts of the nervous system over time.
Neurodegenerative diseases
Types of degenerative brain diseases
Can cause progressive damage to various areas of the brain, causing neurons to die
Dementia-type diseases
Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia, chronic trauma encephalopathy (CTE), Lewy body demer, and limbic predominant age-related TDP=43 encephalopathy (LATE).
These are conditions under what type of degenerative diseases?
Dementia-type diseases
Symptoms of dementia type diseases (4)
Confusion, memory loss, trouble thinking or concentrating, and behavior changes
Diseases involving myelin damages or loss which affects sending and relaying of nerve signals
Demyelinating
Symptoms of demyelinating (5)
Tingling or numbness, pain, muscle spasms, weakness and paralysis, coordination issues and fatigue
Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optical spectrum disorder (NMOSD)
These are conditions under what degenerative disease
Demyelinating diseases
These disease happened because of damage to specific neurons in the brain that help manage coordination and control of muscle movement
Parkinsonsm-type diseases
It is the brain’s capacity to continue growing and evolving in response to life experiences
Neuroplasticity
Symptoms of Parkinsonsm-type diseases
Slowed movements, shaking and tremor, balance problems, shuffling steps, and hunched posture
These happens when neurons lost control movement and die off
Motor neurons diseases
Types of motor neuron diseases
Amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often known as ____
Lou Gehrig disease
Wherein a type of protein disease that cause serious brain damage in a relatively short time
Prion diseases
The most common prion disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
This can be genetic, and most people don’t survive more than a year
Prion disease
Risk factors that contribute to Neurogenerative diseases (5)
Age. Genetics. Environment. Habits. Routine and choices
It is the ability for the brain to adapt and change over time by creating new neurons and building new networks
Neuroplasticity
