Brain Damage + Injury

Question 1

Causes of brain damage

Answer 1

1. Blow to the head
2. Car Accident
3. Stroke
4. Alcohol/Drugs
5. Brain Surgery

Question 2

Types of Plasticity

Answer 2

1. Developmental
2. Adaptive

Question 3

What is development plasticity

Answer 3

the natural changes that take place in all peoples brains as we mature older and have new experiences.

Question 4

What is adaptive plasticity?

Answer 4

The ability of a brain to compensate for lost function in the event of a brain injury.
- it explains how the brain changes when we learn something new

Question 5

Processes of Plasticity

Answer 5

1. Synaptogenesis
2. Rerouting
3. Sprouting

Question 6

What is Synaptogenesis Plasticity?

Answer 6

The formation of new connections between neurons in the nervous system

Question 7

What is Rerouting Plasticity?

Answer 7

When an undamaged neuron that last lost connection with an active neuron may seek a new active neuron to connect with

Question 8

What is Sprouting Plasticity?

Answer 8

Growth of axon and dendrite branches to enable the neuron to make new connections

Question 9

What is Aphasia

Answer 9

The impairment of language, affecting the production of comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write

Question 10

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 10

• cant produce fluent speech
• can understand others

Question 11

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 11

• Can’t produce coherent speech that makes sense
• Can’t understand others (comprehend)
• Are unaware of speech issues

Question 12

Phineas gage

Answer 12

• Rod went through his LEFT frontal lobe
• changes in his personality after brain, more aggressive
• injury suggests frontal lobe controls it
• 12 years after the accident he died after repeated seizures

Question 13

Henry Molaison

Answer 13

• Developed severe amnesia after surgery
• Removed most of the hippocampus on both sides
• After surgery he wasn’t able to form any long-term memory
• Procedural memories (e.g riding a bike) were not apart of the hippocampus