PSYCH 2NF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parallel Computing, Excitotoxicity, Occupational Therapy
13 Oct 2018
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Study the micro-circuit of the brain: right hemisphere parallel processor; right hemisphere serial processor, right hemisphere present moment; connected to sensory sensed by one. Prevalence: # of strokes increases as age increases, men experience more stroke until 85+, the women then start to outnumber the men, because women live longer than men. Anatomy of the blood supply to the brain. Internal carotid artery goes into the brain and the cerebral cortex: vertebral artery stretched into the vertebral, basilar artery goes up and connect with the internal carotid artery. Circle of willis where all artery is connected to. The brai(cid:374)"s blood supply: a stroke happens when blood stops flowing to any part of the brain, damaging. Brain cells: bleeding or blockage of blood vessels. The effects of a stroke depend on the part of the brain that was damaged and the amount of damage.
