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Causes of brain damage. Chronic stress and severe emotional trauma. http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/. Infections of the brain. Encephalitis: Bacterial infections: Viral infections: A shocking and horrifying story: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chronic stress and severe emotional trauma
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/05/stress-and-neural-wreckage-part-of-the-brain-plasticity-puzzle/
Infections of the brain
Encephalitis: Bacterial infections: Viral infections: A shocking and horrifying story: http://www.reuters.com/article/idU
STRE6903RZ20101001
Tumors A mass of cells that grows
independently of the rest of the brain
Meningiomas:
Infiltrating tumors:
Metastatic tumors:
Strokes Sudden disruption in bloodflow to
brain, resulting in brain damage 3rd leading cause of death in
US Common results: amnesia,
language difficulties, paralysis, coma
Cerebral hemorrhage:
Cerebral ischemia:
Traumatic brain injury The “signature injury” in the
military today http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/page
s/frontline/traumatic-brain-injury/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127402851
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/15/military-blood-test-may-detect-mild-brain-injuries/
Brain trauma and concussions in the news: in the miltary and sports
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sports/concussion-watch/76-of-79-deceased-nfl-players-found-to-have-brain-disease/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-03-01-traumatic-brain-injury_N.htm http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/14/thomas.football.brain/index.html?hpt=C1 http://articles.cnn.com/2009-01-26/health/athlete.brains_1_concussions-brain-damag
e-traumatic-encephalopathy?_s=PM:HEALTH http://espn.go.com/nfl/topics/_/page/concussions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/nfl-concussions-players-h_n_362928.html http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4668106 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33553496/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/traumatic-brain-injury/ http://www.northjersey.com/news/103840079_New_concussion_fears_emerge.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/103216894.html