Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a temporary (transient) stroke with noticeable symptoms that end within 24 hours. A TIA causes the same symptoms associated with a stroke, such as weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden dimming or loss of vision, difficulty speaking or understanding language or slurred speech.
Multi-infarct dementia results from a series of small strokes affecting several brain regions. Stroke-related dementia involving successive small strokes causes a more gradual decline in cognition. [4] Dementia may occur when neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular pathologies are mixed, as in susceptible elderly people (75 years and older).
Split-brain; Steele–Richardson–Olszewski syndrome – see Progressive supranuclear palsy; Stiff-person syndrome; Stroke; Sturge–Weber syndrome; Stuttering; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy; Superficial siderosis; Sydenham's chorea; Syncope; Synesthesia; Syringomyelia; Substance use disorder
Because one side of your brain controls the opposite side of your body, a stroke on the right side of your brain will affect the left side of your body, and vice versa.
Dr. Itrat says people who experience mini-strokes are at a higher risk of having a major stroke within the following year. CDC data reports that about 10 to 15% of people will have a major stroke ...
The most common presentation of cerebrovascular disease is an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke. [2] Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels and result in atherosclerosis . [ 5 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Long-term brain disorders causing impaired memory, thinking and behavior This article is about the cognitive disorder. For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). "Senile" and "Demented" redirect here. For other uses, see Senile (disambiguation) and Demented (disambiguation). Medical ...
Localization of function of the thalamus can be illustrated through vascular thalamic amnesia. The damage to the tuberothalmic territory appears to have the most extensive effects in relation to this form of amnesia by affecting functions of arousal and orientation, learning and memory, personality, and executive function. [6]