Tourette Syndrome
How would you feel if you were diagnosed with a disease that has baffled scientists for centuries? If your entire social life was destroyed due to this disease which may worsen as time goes by. But worst of all about being diagnosed with this disease is the fact that there is no cure. My guess is you wouldn’t be too happy. You would probably become very depressed, violent, and cut yourself out from any social activities. If you felt this way, you would now be able to understand the lives and feelings of those diagnosed with (TS).
is a neurological disorder; therefore it affects the nervous system. The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, nerve cells, and fibers that extend ...
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such as a touch on the arm. Your body then goes through a process know as its integrative function. This is when your nervous system processes information sent via your sensory neurons and in a way “makes decisions” regarding appropriate responses. When all is said and done during this process a decision is made and sent through interneurons that act as a postman and deliver the decision to the motor function part of your nervous system. The motor function involves responding to the decision delivered by the interneurons by using efferent neurons that obtain the decision and send it to the effector to finally carry out the response. An effector can be anything in your body such a muscle fiber or cell glands that can carry out the response. A good example of an effector is your sweat glands. Do keep in mind that this complicated process takes place in thousandths of a second.
This process is easier to understand by taking a closer look at the structure and function of the ...
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The brain stem, which consists of the medulla oblongata, pons, and midbrain, is responsible for many important bodily functions such as regulation of breathing, heartbeat, swallowing, vomiting, coughing, sneezing, and many other important functions. The diencephalon which is made up of the thalamus and hypothalamus are important for other types of functions like crude perception of touch, pressure, pain, your circadian rhythm, and even your emotional behavior. After the diencephalon there is the cerebrum which is most important in the regulation of muscle movement and muscle tone. Last but not least, the brain contains the cerebellum, or “ small brain”. This little appendage of the ...
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