Acute: This type develops quickly and is linked to a death rate that ranges from about 37% to 90%. People who survive an acute subdural bleed often have permanent brain damage. This type of brain hemorrhage can happen after a hit to the head from a fall, car crash, sports accident, wh...
The disease often quickly leads to coma and death within 18 days. Pathophysiological changes seen during autopsy include hemorrhagic necrosis of the olfactory bulbs and cerebral cortex (see Fig. 7.12). Sign in to download full-size image Fig. 7.12. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Granulomatous...
Cerebral infarction is one of the major causes of disability and death, caused by a temporary or permanent decrease in cerebral artery blood flow that leads to neurons death, especially the caudatepustulenerve of the striatum and the sensorimotor cortical nerve, thus inducing various sensory and mot...
Not all brain tumors cause symptoms, and some (such as tumors of the pituitary gland, some of which cause no symptoms) are found mainly after death, with the death not caused by the brain tumor. The symptoms of brain tumors are numerous and not specific to brain tumors, meaning they can...
susceptible to chemotherapy and radiation therapy and are less resistant to external stimuli [101,117,118]. In mice with a healthy immune system, a meaningful immune response can only occur if cell death happens before autophagy responses [119,120]. The occurrence of senescence in cancer cells ...
The fingers would soon cease to exist. Somehow the impending horror of my death was too terrible to even cry about. Suddenly, I became aware that the rocking had ceased. Perhaps I wasn’t going to die. 【1】The roaring sound was made by .A.a wounded animal B.people screamingC....
By interfering with DNA processes, irinotecan can cause cell death in rapidly dividing cancer cells. In glioblastoma, where cells proliferate quickly, irinotecan can be effective in slowing down tumor growth [16]. When delivered locally, these drugs can achieve higher concentrations at the tumor ...
Post-SAH EBI refers to any acute pathophysiological events that occur in the brain within 72 h after SAH, such as brain cell death, blood–brain barrier destruction, cerebral edema, oxidative stress, neurological deficits, acute vasospasm and impaired brain autoregulation [34,38]. In contrast to...
The brain can go into several different states after the trauma of a car accident, including coma, vegetative state, and brain death. How long life support is given to sustain other body functions depends on the family and any known wishes of their injured loved one. In cases where there ...
Biomedical research on the brain has led to many discoveries and developments, such as understanding human consciousness and the mind and overcoming brain diseases. However, historical biomedical research on the brain has unique characteristics that diff