Sentences with phrase «functioning brain in their heads»

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In addition, because it tests for verbal memory, the SAC can not identify athletes who may suffer measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI), resulting from repeated sub-concussive blows to the heaIn addition, because it tests for verbal memory, the SAC can not identify athletes who may suffer measurable impairment of neurocognitive function (primarily visual working memory) on neurocognitive tests, as well as altered activation in neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI), resulting from repeated sub-concussive blows to the heain neurophysiologic function on sophisticated brain imaging tests (fMRI), resulting from repeated sub-concussive blows to the head.

Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as injury to the brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).

Your baby's muscles and lungs are busy getting ready to function in the outside world, and his head is growing to make room for his developing brain.

This new study of non-military, civilian trauma patients visiting the emergency department builds on recent research conducted by Dr. Samadani, supported through the Cohen Veterans Center, which found that the use of this novel eye - tracking technology could reveal edema, or swelling, in the brain as a potential biomarker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery in people with head injuries.

Clyde Francks, head of the MPI research group «Brain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults&raBrain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults&rabrain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults».

The results could suggest that a history of minor but repeated blows to the head can result in compensatory changes to the brain as it relates to eye movement function.

The study by primary authors Bernhard Meyer and Julia Huemer, published in the journal Brain Structure and Function, was funded with resources from a special research program by the Austrian Science Fund (Head: Harald Sitte) and an EU project (Head: Gunther Schumann).

«A concussion is basically a traumatic injury where brain function is affected, but in general, brain structure is not affected,» says Andrew Tucker, MD, the medical director of the MedStar Union Memorial Sports Medicine Program in Columbia, Md., and the head physician of the Baltimore Ravens.

Yoga can play a crucial function in treating obesity Yoga techniques influence the internal organs, endocrine glands, brain, head along with other variables regarding the body mind complex.

Well, actually, it IS in your head, because hormones have direct effects on brain function.

Other days, I get tingly fingers and toes, tremors, awful brain fog, and loss of cognitive function to the point where simple math is too much for me to do in my head.

In her bestselling book, Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head, Dr. Hannaford states that our bodies are very much a part of all our learning, and learning is not an isolated «brain» functioIn her bestselling book, Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All in Your Head, Dr. Hannaford states that our bodies are very much a part of all our learning, and learning is not an isolated «brain» functioin Your Head, Dr. Hannaford states that our bodies are very much a part of all our learning, and learning is not an isolated «brain» function.

The definition continues: «Traumatic brain injury applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas, such as cognition; language; memory; attention; reasoning; abstract thinking; judgment; problem - solving; sensory, perceptual, and motor abilities; psycho - social behavior; physical functions; information processing; and speech.

The attention given to the side of the head which has received the injury, in connection with a specific reference to the side of the body nervously affected, is in itself evidence that in this case the ancient surgeon was already beginning observations on the localization of functions in the brain.

(You know the sort...» you immediately surrender title in fee simple to every thought that passes through your head beginning six weeks before you sign this agreement and ending when your state of brain death is confirmed by three qualified neurologists of our choosing and hired at your estate's expense, and if you cease doing business with us, we reserve the right to enjoin you from ever working in your field again in any country with a functioning judicial system»... that kind of thing.)

Symptoms of congenital PSS usually appear by six months of age and include failure to gain weight, vomiting, and signs of hepatic encephalopathy (a condition where toxins normally removed by the liver accumulate in the blood and impair the function of brain cells) such as seizures, depression, tremors, drooling, and head pressing.

Catastrophic injuries if hurt the head or brain result in loss or sight or hearing, motor skill issues or reduced cognitive functions.

A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be broadly defined as any trauma or blow to the head that causes a disruption in the normal functioning of your brain.

Beau was present in the waiting room when the doctor explained that his uncle had experienced severe head trauma and normal brain function had ceased due to the accident.

TBI is caused by a blow to the head, usually from an external force, that results in a temporary or permanent disruption to brain function.