The frontal lobes are located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere of the human brain. They are considered to be the emotional control center and are involved with a wide range of functions. Damage to the frontal lobes can cause many symptoms....
The frontal lobes are important sections of the brain needed for articulation, emotion and reactivity. According to the Centre for Neuro Skills, the lobes, left and right, control aspects of the personality, coping mechanisms and emotion. In...
Brain trauma, which involves damage to the brain tissue, affects about 1.7 million people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Damage to the brain can occur even if the injury does not fracture the skull....
The brain is a very complex organ where every part is responsible for different activities. So when there is brain damage, normal brain function is affected. The brain is divided into three parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem....
Cerebral hypoxia is the condition in which the brain experiences a lack of oxygen. Any number of conditions can cause hypoxia, including stroke, carbon monoxide poisoning, heart dysfunction, drowning and injuries sustained at birth. Compared with...
The brain is divided vertically from front to back. While appearing like mirror images, there is some functional division between the lobes. These divisions are not absolute. In some people, the functions are reversed from side to side, while in...
The brain is a highly complex organ divided into specialized regions, each responsible for a specific function. A stroke is a lack of blood supply to the brain and can damage particular areas, resulting in a variety of impairments involving...
A stroke occurs when the brain's blood flow is compromised in some way, depriving brain tissue of the oxygen it needs to survive. The American Stroke Association reports that no two strokes present exactly the same way; however, there may be...
The largest brain lobe in the cerebrum, the frontal lobe is responsible for essential brain functions, like language, judgment, memory, motor function, problem solving and impulse control, according to the Centre for Neuro Skills. Because of its...
The frontal lobes are areas at the front of each cerebral hemisphere in front of the primary motor cortex and the parietal lobes and in front of and above the temporal lobes on the sides of the head. If you look at the brain from the side, it...
The cerebrum, which is the largest part of the brain, is divided into four areas, or lobes, each of which houses different functions. The cerebrum is also divided into two hemispheres: the left, which helps you think creatively and the right,...
Aggression can sometimes have positive outcomes. For example, it may help a person overcome competition to rise to the top at work. But when aggression is fueled by negative emotions such as anger and when it interferes with life--trouble with the...
Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that leads to progressive nerve damage and brain cell death that affects more than 5.3 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's is characterized by aggregates of toxic...
Frontal lobe dementia or frontotemporal dementia make up approximately 10 percent of dementia cases. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, dementia is characterized by a loss of two or more complex brain...
An occipital stroke occurs when the occipital lobes of the brain are damaged due to a lack of oxygenated blood. A stroke is often caused by problems with blood flow in the brain, such as a blocked artery or an artery that has burst. Damage to the...
Alcohol definitely affects the brain, report researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Side effects can be apparent after only a few drinks. Immediate side effects of drinking alcohol can include blurred...
A neurological condition that results in brain tissue loss, brain atrophy can occur in small parts of the brain or affect both hemispheres of the brain, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Patients who have...
Stroke affects approximately 700,000 Americans annually, according to the University Hospital website. A stroke is an abrupt deprivation of the blood flow to the brain due to a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. This causes a...
The brain contains diverse populations of neurons, or nerve cells, which are supported by a range of glia that promote neuronal functioning. Brain cancer may develop from populations of neurons or glia that begin to divide out of control, forming...
Alcohol has been linked to the manifestation of anti-social behaviors. Lesions or other types of insults to the brain also result in anti-social behavior. This is known because studies have shown that alcohol has the same effect as lesions on the...
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that one percent of the total population receives a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia is one of the five types of schizophrenia with characteristics specific to paranoid delusions...
Trauma can occur in two ways that affect the brain: traumatic brain injury and traumatic stress. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) defines traumatic brain injury as an impact to the head, such as one caused by...
Alzheimer's disease begins damaging the brain as much as 20 years prior to manifesting any symptoms. Alzheimer's causes neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques to form and develop in various parts of the brain. As Alzheimer's progresses, brain...
Broca's aphasia is a type of aphasia, a condition resulting from a brain injury to areas responsible for language. Broca's aphasia results from damage to the frontal lobe from occurrences such as stroke, brain injury or brain tumor. A sufferer of...
Aphasia occurs after some parts of the brain responsible for language are damaged. In most cases, this damage involves the left side of the brain. This results in impairment in language production or understanding and can affect both written and...
Two or more areas of the brain often work together, so it is sometimes difficult for scientists to isolate specific areas that relate to behaviors such as hostility. However, it is apparent that the right side of the brain is often involved with...
Scientists divide the brain into three major parts: the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem, according to the Mayfield Clinic. They divide the cerebrum into four lobes: the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital. Subdivisions of these...
The University of Maryland Medical Center explains that 18 million Americans abuse alcohol. When a person is an alcoholic, she has a physical dependency on alcohol. If an alcoholic stops using alcohol, she has withdrawal symptoms along with...
While some people can tell you every detail of an experience that happened 30 years ago, they have trouble remembering what they had for breakfast that day. Short term memory is held in a section of the brain that is not supposed to remember...
