STROKE & BRAIN DAMAGE: Thrombi, Emboli, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Subtle Symptoms, Localization of Brain Injury, ... Visual Perception, Physical Sensation...

STROKE & BRAIN DAMAGE: Thrombi, Emboli, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Subtle Symptoms, Localization of Brain Injury, Disturbances of Cognition, Memory, Language, Visual Perception, Physical Sensation...

Table of Contents

Stroke & Brain Damage Due to Cerebral Vascular Disease - 5
Symptoms of Stroke: Cognitive, Motor, Memory, & Emotional Disturbances- 8
Localization & Functional Neuroanatomy of the Brain- 12
Frontal Lobes- 12
Thalamus & Neocortex - 14
Frontal Lobe Inhibitory Control - 16
Knowing Yet Not Knowing: Disconnected Consciousness - 17
The Visual Mind: Denial of Blindness- 19
Language & Disconnection Syndromes- 19
Scotomas & Partial Loss of Vision- 20
Visual Impairments: Homonymous Hemianopsis & Quandrantanopsia- 21
Body Consciousness: Denial of the Body, and Phantom Limbs- 23
Subtle Symptoms of Stroke- 27
Stroke: Cerebral Infarcts- 28
Functional Anatomy of the Heart & Arterial System- 32
Oxygenation- 32
Arterial Cerebral Pathways- 34
Blood Supply of the Brain- 35
The Carotid System- 36
Middle Cerebral Artery- . 38
Anterior Cerebral Artery- 38
Opthalamic Artery - 38
Anterior Choroidal - 38
Vertebral System- 38
Vertebral Arteries - 39
Basilar Artery- 39
Posterior Cerebral Artery - 40
Cerebral Vascular Disease of the Arteries- 42
Atherosclerosis - 44
Hypertension - 46
Hypertensive Encephalopathy- 48
Thrombi- 48
Clot Formation - 48
Obstructive Influences - 50
Susceptible Arteries- 55
Risk Factors- 59
Cerebral Ischemia- 60
Risk Factors - 63
Recovery & Mortality - 64
Thrombi, Emboli & Transient Ischemic Attacks - 65
Thrombi - 65
Obstructive Influences - 67
Thrombosis- 69
Embolism - 69
Lacunar Strokes - 71
Multi infarct Dementia - 71
Ischemia & Heart Disease - 72
Myocardial Infarction- 73
Global Ischemia- 73
Valvular Insufficiency- 73
Fibrillation - 74
Mitral Valve Prolapse- 74
Vosospasm - 74
Murmurs- 75
Heart Surgery- 75
Heart Transplants - 76
Emboli & the Carotid & Left Middle Cerebral Artery - 79
Embolic Hemorrhage - 82
Transient Ischemic Attacks - 84
Hemispheric TIAs- 88
Vertebral Basilar TIAs - 85
TIA & Stroke - 87
Risk Factors- 87
Hemorrhage- 88
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage- 89
Cerebral Intracerebral Hemorrhage- 90
Embolic Hemorrhage - 92
Ischemia & Hemorrhagic Infarcts- 94
Aneurysm - 97
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - 102
Arteriovenous Malformations AVM- 103
Drug Induced Hemorrhages - 104
Localized Hemorrhagic Symptoms - 107
Internal Capsule Hemorrhage - 107
Thalamic Hemorrhage- 107
Pontine Hemorrhage- 107
Cerebellar Hemorrhage - 107
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, & Occipital Hemorrhage - 108
Hemorrhages & Strokes - 108
Arterial Syndromes - 108
Internal Carotid Artery Syndromes - 108
Middle Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 109
Anterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes .- 109
Vertebral Basilar Artery Syndromes - 110
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - 110
Medial Medullary Syndrome- 111
Vertebral Artery Trauma - 111
Basilar Artery Syndromes - 111
Locked In Syndrome - 112
Posterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 112
Cerebellar Artery Syndrome - 113
Differential Diagnosis: Carotid vs Vertebral System - 113
Frontal Lobes: Functions & Symptoms - 114
Temporal Lobes: Functions & Symptoms - 117
Parietal Lobes - 121
Occipital Lobes & Vision - 124
Recovery & Mortality - 129