PS365 Lecture 2: Neurological Disorders
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Cerebral vascular disorders: most common cause of death and chronic disease in the western world, cerebral vascular accident (cva, stroke: sudden disruption of blood flow to the brain. Infarct: area of dead or dying tissue resulting from an obstruction of the blood vessels. The distribution of the cerebral arteries and vascular disorders: particular brain regions are perfused by particular cerebral arteries, damage to a given cerebral artery will lead to a distinct pattern of damage. Ischemic stroke: blocked blood supply: hemorrhagic stroke: ruptured blood vessel, both result in a lack of oxygen and nutrients ----------------------------- Cerebral hemorrhage: massive bleeding into the brain, hypertension, or high blood pressure most frequent cause, other causes can be congenital defects, blood disorders, brain trauma, and toxic chemicals. Migraine stroke: accounts for a significant number of strokes in younger people, especially women, occur with migraine attacks, appears as a transient ischemic attack, symptoms:
