Module3
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Case Study: Alzheimer’s disease
 Alzheimer’s disease
 10% of cases start after age 50
 90% of cases start after age 65
 Symptoms:
 Problems with memory
 Forgetting and repeating things
 Getting lost
 Being mildly confused
Case Study: Alzheimer’s disease
 Alzheimer’s disease
 Period of 5 to 10 years, symptoms worsen
 Result is profound memory loss
 Lack of recognition of family and friends
 Deterioration in personality
 Emotional outbursts
 Widespread damage to the brain (hippocampus,
involved in memory)
 destroys the brain's building blocks- neuronsthat form the brains information highway.
Hand Holding and a Movie
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDTiZpPyqRk&feature=related
Module 3 In-class Assignment
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Explore the role of genetics in relation to the brain.
P#48
Can your brain repair itself? P.49
Draw and label the neuron. Briefly explain the function
of the cell body, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, and
end bulbs. Make sure to specify where the structures are
located. P#50
Describe how information travels from one end of the
neuron to the other end. Make sure you include in your
answer transmitters and neurotransmitters.p.52-55
Review experimental techniques related to Parkinson’s
disease p.60
Mirror Neurons & Phantom Limb
Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l80zgw07W4Y
Giacomo (Jac-a-mo)
Rizzolatti
University of Parma- Italy
“We share experience…”
-G. Rizzolatti
More than imitationunderstanding and possible
learning!