Psychobio ABNORMAL 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 autism genetic? | a lot of indications, but some interactions with environment as well. |
| age of father | older = higher risk for autism in the kid |
| Hoxa 1 some cases | is found in 40% of autistic people vs. 20% of general population |
| williams patients resemble what? | elves |
| strokes and glutamate | too much glutamate being released during a stroke is responsible for most of the brain damage. |
| punch drunk boxers and and soccer players | the get dementia and cerebral scarring after many blows to the head |
| syphilis | a bacterial infection of the brain. it has a rash, and then goes dormant before attacking years later. |
| mad hatter | hat makers in england had mercury, they went crazy |
| epilepsy--3 per second | from a petit mal absence seizure. vacant look, fluttering eyelids, an a cessation of ongoing behavior |
| parkinson's and dopamine | results from the death of dopamine-containing cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain |
| multiple sclerosis--autoimmune | where the body's immune systerm attacks part of the body. |
| disorder characterized by a tremor at rest | Parkinson's |
| parkinon's disease is associated with degeneration in the ________ dopamine pathway. | nigristriatal |
| MPTP | a neurotoxin that produces a disorder similar to Parkinson's by attacking dopamine pathways. |
| fetal tissue transplants | it does help, but wierd motor symptoms develop |
| stem cells | can develop into almost any type of cells |
| phantom limbs and mirrors | amazing, the pain went away after "moving" the fantom limb. |
| recovery = drum till you fall off stool | pinel recovered from auditory vestibular nerve |
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