When I talk with friends, family, people not from the field about different neurological diseases, one of the top questions is always how different the brain looks in these patients. Here on the graphic you see different types of neurological pathologies!
1. Upper Left is the Brain of Huntington patients.
➡️ Patients suffering from this disease show a spectrum of movement, cognitive and psychiatric disorders. You can see very nicely how the degeneration of the basal ganglia leads to the atrophy of the cerebral nerve tissue and enlarged ventricles.
2. Upper Right is a Brain presenting a tumor in the left hemisphere.
➡️ Depending on the exact localisation of the cancerous or non-cancerous tissue, patients demonstrate various symptoms.
3. Lower Left is a comparison between a healthy brain (left) and atrophic brain (right).
➡️ Atrophies of the brain are a higher classification of any pathology that alter the structure of the brain.
4. Lower Right is a mouse brain presenting TBI (Traumatic brain injury) which is damage caused by for example motorcycle or car crashes.
➡️ Patients with TBI range from mild symptoms (rarely) to severe long lasting brain damage.
