Articles about Agnosia (0-7 of 7)

  • Information On Neurological Diseases
    By: Robert Asaad | - Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle. Physicians who specialize in neurology are called neurologists, and are trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat, neurological disorders.
    Neurological disorders have been repor ...

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  • The Effects Of Brain Injury On Behavior
    By: Mack Wilson | - Brain injury can sometimes cause permanent changes in physical abilities, behavior and cognition. These changes are related to the area of the brain that is injured. The following outlines some of the common changes in behavior that may occur as a result of brain injury.

    Frontal Lobe Brain Injury

    Paralysis
    Difficulty performing tasks in sequence
    Decreased spontaneity in interactions with others
    Inability to think flexibly
    Pers ...

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  • Alzheimers Disease Clinical Features Diagnoses And Treatment
    By: Dr Smita Pandey Bhat | -
    Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known simply as Alzheimer's, is a neurodegenerative disease. Characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration, together with declining activities of daily living and by neuropsychiatry symptoms or behavioral changes, it is the most common type of dementia.
    The most striking early symptom is the loss of memory (amnesia), which usually manifests as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily more pronounced with the progression of the illness, with rel ...

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  • Information On Landau-kleffner Syndrome
    By: Juliet | - Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), also known as obtained epileptiform aphasia. Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is a infancy disorder. Landau-Kleffner syndrome is characterized by the sudden or slow development of aphasia (the inability to understand or express language) and an abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG). The cause of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome is dysfunctional immune system, exposure to a virus, and brain trauma. LKS affects the parts of the brain that control comprehension and speech. The d ...
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  • Gertsmann Syndrome Detailed Information
    By: Juliet | - Gerstmann's Syndrome is also known as developmental Gerstmann Syndrome and Gerstmann Tetrad. Gerstmann's syndrome is a cognitive injury that results from damage to an exact area of the brain -- the left parietal lobe in the region of the angular gyrus. It may arise after a stroke or in association with damage to the parietal lobe. Gerstmann syndrome is a cluster of neurological symptoms that comprises difficulty writing (dysgraphia or agraphia), difficulty with arithmetic (dyscalculia or acalcul ...
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  • Recognizing The Types And Severity Of Brain Damage
    By: Bob Schuster | - In the study of anatomy, the brain represents what outer space did to Captain Kirk of Star Treks USS Enterprise: the final frontier. We are learning more all the time, and yet the brain remains an area of great mystery.

    We do know some things, of course, and paramedics and health professionals are not the only ones who benefit from recognizing the types and severity of brain damage. The more each of us knows, beginning with the basics, the better for our afflicted family member ...

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  • Complete Information On Agnosia With Treatment And Prevention
    By: Juliet | - Agnosia is a departure of power to know objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the particular sense is not faulty nor is there any substantial memory departure. Agnosia can ensue from strokes, dementia, or new neurological disorders. It may too be trauma-induced by a chief wound, mind transmission, or genetic. There are essentially three distinct forms of agnosia; Visual agnosia where the individual has difficultly recognizing objects, faces and words. The minute is Auditory agnosia w ...
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