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NERVOUS.SYSTEM.PATHO

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if neuron regeneration could occur, what mechanisms must be present for proper regeneration?   neurons must have a healthy cell body anda functional schwann cell, if disruption oxygen and blood supply was temporary  
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what divisions of the nervous system can neuron regeneration occurs?   PNS  
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AGING: amount of neurons   decrease  
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AGING: neurotransmitters   reduced synthesis and secreation  
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AGING: reflexs   decrease learning ability, short term memory, less processing  
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AGING: proprioception   decrease  
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AGING: pain threshold   increase for pain, touch, and vibration  
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AGING: temperature regulation   changes  
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NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION: central nervous system   confusion, reduced cognition, reduced memory and cognition of daily tasks, headaches, dizziness, depression, anxiety and insomina  
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NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION: peripheral nervous system   located in the limbs or extremities  
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NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION: sensory nerve impingement   tingling, numbness, pain, hyperesthesia  
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NERVOUS SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION: motor nerve impingment   loss of strength, reduced ROM, uncoordination, loss of reflexes  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: cutaneous receptors   stimualtes or inhibits  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: muscle tone   softening, re-set muscle spindles  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: para-sympathetic   stimulate  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: proprioceptors   stimulates, re-sets new sense of being  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: neurotransmitters   increases production and release  
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BENEFITS OF MASSAGE: newborns   enhanses growth and development of newborns  
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quadriplegia   injury to spinal cord at C1-C7  
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paraplegia   injury to spinal cord at T12-L2  
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TBI   injury to brain cause by concussion, hematoma, fractures, swelling of the brain  
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meningitis   inflammation of the meninges  
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encephalitis   inflammation of the brain  
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poliomyelitis/ post polio syndrome   viral infection affecting the gray matter of the CNS; symptoms show up years after recovery  
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Shingles   vesicles from herpes zoster virus lying dormant in a peripheral nerve  
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cephalgia   headache  
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alzheimers disease   deterioration of the brain  
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parkinsons disease   degenerative disease  
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MS   autoimmune disease in which the auto-antibodies attack the myelin sheath  
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cerebral vascular accident/stroke   ischemia and infarct to the brain tissue from a blood clot or hemorrhage  
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what are the s/s of impending stroke   HA, blurred vision, slurred speech, dizziness, weakness on one side of their body  
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what can trigger a migraine headache   hormonal shifts, periods, hunger, foods, weathers, barometer  
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what is the gate control theory of pain   neural pathway closes, not allowing or the transmission of slow twitch fibers to ascend  
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what mechanisms of pain will affect the clients life   physiologically, socially and psychologically  
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what are common barriers to pain management?   fear of addiction, physicians fear of governmental regulations, inadequate insurance  
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NSAIDS   reduce inflammation and thus swelling, reducing nociceptor stimulation; inhibits production of prostaglandins  
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muscle relaxants   blocks the motor pathway to the muscle  
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narcotics   acts on CNS to slow the transmission of pain  
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anti-depressants   alters the neurotransmitter that can increase pain reception  
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cerebral palsy   damage during fetal life, birth or early childhood  
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spina bifida   congenital neural tube defect, failure of spinous process of vertebrae to close during first 4 weeks  
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seizures   uncontrolled and excessive electrical activity in the brain`  
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trigeminal neuralgia   cranial nerve V condition characterized by face pain  
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Bells palsy   facial paralysis  
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myasthenia gravis   autoimmune disease where antoantibodies are produced and attack acetylcholine in the neuromuscular synapse  
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neuropathy   condition of a nerve  
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Carpal tunnel syndrome   median nerve compression/ impingement  
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thoracic outlet syndrome   brachial plexus impingement/entrapment and/ or sunclavian vessels  
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depression   neurotransmitter imbalance of serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine  
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eating disorders   anorexia, bulimia, complusive overeating  
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