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which the body produces when muscle breaks down. • An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) - a scan using radio waves and a powerful magnetic field to rule out other causes of symptoms like strokes, Parkinson’s or any abnormalities in the brain or spinal cord. • An EMG (electromyography) – this is fine needles are inserted into a patients muscle and the electrical activity is recorded. This test will help identify the affected muscles from the healthy

is collected through receptors, they are transmitted first to the spinal cord and then to the primary sensory cortex through a series of complex neural pathways. The specific pathway depends on the type and location of stimuli received. Once received the information is processed, an appropriate response

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects parts of the nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. Motor neurons, among the largest of all nerve cells, reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to muscles throughout the body. When these motor neurons die, the brain can no longer start and control muscle movement. At this time there is no cure for the disease; however, over the past few decades, we have made amazing strides in

The descending control mechanism activates once noxious stimuli reaches the higher level processing area of the brain. Inhibition can occur through opiate release Descending Pathways The descending pathways involved in pain utilise efferent motor nerves (gamma motor neurons). These pathways are involved in analgesic response or motor response to pain. pain modulation with brain areas(Tracey & Mantyh, 2007) pain modulation with brain areas(Gebhart, 2004) areas work together through inhibition or

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a neurodegenerative disease associated with the breakdown and loss of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Voluntary muscle control degenerates until the body eventually loses function. To better understand how ALS works, the medical terminology can first be translated into a more basic understanding. ‘A-’ meaning not, “myo-” meaning muscle, and “-trophic” meaning nourishment or growth [source]. Due to the loss of motor neurons, the muscle loses nourishment

Over the years, medical industry has shaped and transformed due to the recent advance in technology. It affects how we live and what we fear disease wise. With the incredible technology we have now we’ve been able to gather more research about ourselves, like our DNA and cells. We’ve been able to clone, create artificial organs, re-write our traits and even predict what we might have in the cancer. We can also make designer drugs, and how much better the market for them can get over time. With technology

Scientists have found that spina bifida has been in existence for thousands of years. In the mid-1600s Nicolaas Tulp, a Dutch anatomist, first described the disease in detail and gave it the name spina bifida. He described this disease, along with over 200 others, in his book Observations Medicae. Later in 1761, Giovanni Battista Morgangni contributed to the knowledge of spina bifida when he described hydrocephalus and its association with spina bifida. German doctors Rudolf Verchow and Hans Chiari

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurological disorder that destroy nerve cells causing death of motor neuron cells in the brain and spinal cord controlling voluntary muscle movements. It is considered a rare disease as only two out of 100,000 in a general population can develop it and there are approximately 20,000 to 30,000 cases in the United States (Miller et al 2004). It has also been shown that the disease affect men more than it does

The role of umbilical cord is to connect baby with the placenta. Through this connection, the umbilical vein provides nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood from the placenta on the fetus. After the birth, doctors cut the cord and the baby becomes independent from the mother(Wang & Zhao, 2010). In contrast with the birth procedures, when the Fannie Mae became independent (private), the cord was not cut creating a plethora of problems. Nevertheless, it is an oversimplification to accuse exclusively government

nourish the muscles, these nerves are located on both sides of the spinal cord. Sclerosis means that the hardened or scarred tissue develops in place of the healthy nerves within the affected part of the spinal cord. Additionally, the nerves, or motor neurons, that control the muscle movement are divided into two categories: Upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons. The upper motor neurons send messages to the spinal cord from the brain. The lower motor neurons send messages to the