STROKE & BRAIN DAMAGE: Thrombi, Emboli, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Subtle Symptoms, Localization of Brain Injury, ... Visual Perception, Physical Sensation...

by R. Joseph

STROKE & BRAIN Thrombi, Emboli, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Subtle Symptoms, Localization of Brain Injury, Disturbances of Cognition, Memory, Language, Visual Perception, Physical Sensation...Table of ContentsStroke & Brain Damage Due to Cerebral Vascular Disease - 5Symptoms of Cognitive, Motor, Memory, & Emotional Disturbances- 8Localization & Functional Neuroanatomy of the Brain- 12Frontal Lobes- 12Thalamus & Neocortex - 14Frontal Lobe Inhibitory Control - 16Knowing Yet Not Disconnected Consciousness - 17The Visual Denial of Blindness- 19Language & Disconnection Syndromes- 19Scotomas & Partial Loss of Vision- 20Visual Homonymous Hemianopsis & Quandrantanopsia- 21Body Denial of the Body, and Phantom Limbs- 23Subtle Symptoms of Stroke- 27 Cerebral Infarcts- 28Functional Anatomy of the Heart & Arterial System- 32Oxygenation- 32Arterial Cerebral Pathways- 34Blood Supply of the Brain- 35The Carotid System- 36Middle Cerebral Artery- . 38Anterior Cerebral Artery- 38Opthalamic Artery - 38Anterior Choroidal - 38Vertebral System- 38Vertebral Arteries - 39Basilar Artery- 39Posterior Cerebral Artery - 40Cerebral Vascular Disease of the Arteries- 42Atherosclerosis - 44Hypertension - 46Hypertensive Encephalopathy- 48Thrombi- 48Clot Formation - 48Obstructive Influences - 50Susceptible Arteries- 55Risk Factors- 59Cerebral Ischemia- 60Risk Factors - 63Recovery & Mortality - 64Thrombi, Emboli & Transient Ischemic Attacks - 65Thrombi - 65Obstructive Influences - 67Thrombosis- 69Embolism - 69Lacunar Strokes - 71Multi infarct Dementia - 71Ischemia & Heart Disease - 72Myocardial Infarction- 73Global Ischemia- 73Valvular Insufficiency- 73Fibrillation - 74Mitral Valve Prolapse- 74Vosospasm - 74Murmurs- 75Heart Surgery- 75Heart Transplants - 76Emboli & the Carotid & Left Middle Cerebral Artery - 79Embolic Hemorrhage - 82Transient Ischemic Attacks - 84Hemispheric TIAs- 88Vertebral Basilar TIAs - 85TIA & Stroke - 87Risk Factors- 87Hemorrhage- 88Subarachnoid Hemorrhage- 89Cerebral Intracerebral Hemorrhage- 90Embolic Hemorrhage - 92Ischemia & Hemorrhagic Infarcts- 94Aneurysm - 97Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - 102Arteriovenous Malformations AVM- 103Drug Induced Hemorrhages - 104Localized Hemorrhagic Symptoms - 107Internal Capsule Hemorrhage - 107Thalamic Hemorrhage- 107Pontine Hemorrhage- 107Cerebellar Hemorrhage - 107Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, & Occipital Hemorrhage - 108Hemorrhages & Strokes - 108Arterial Syndromes - 108Internal Carotid Artery Syndromes - 108Middle Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 109Anterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes .- 109Vertebral Basilar Artery Syndromes - 110Lateral Medullary Syndrome - 110Medial Medullary Syndrome- 111Vertebral Artery Trauma - 111Basilar Artery Syndromes - 111Locked In Syndrome - 112Posterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 112Cerebellar Artery Syndrome - 113Differential Carotid vs Vertebral System - 113&

125 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 19, 2011