Brain+Biology+Links+and+Vids

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This video is about a boy, Josh, who got in a drunk driving accident that change his life. After the first few weeks they knew he would live, he had to have brain and heart surgery. Josh can't really remember anything from his first year after the accident. He damaged the right side of his brain causing him to have problems controlling the left side of his brain.

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Autism:
A name for a broad range of developmental disorders, and can also be called the 'Autistic Spectrum.' In the video, autism is explained with the help of a young child who is autistic. In the brain the amygdala may be enlarged, rapid and atypical (abnormal) brain development may have occurred, and the brain in general may be overly large in early life. Symptoms include lack of facial expression, an unnaturally high tone of voice, lack of eye contact, fear of being touched, and lack of empathy for others.

[] media type="youtube" key="4zYpwG6Aetc" height="390" width="640" This video is about a girl named Amy. She was a cheerleader and suffered a TBI from a cheerleading accident. Her head hit the pavement. The parts of her brain that were affected was the frontal lobe, and probably the amygdala. She spent the begining of her recovery in the hospital. She was very emotional and was irritated at loud noises. Although she has healed, Amy still recognizes the fact everyday that the accident happened.

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Rachel Barezinsky was shot in the head and shoulders. She suffered from major brain injuries and even though she has made big steps to recover she still has poor memory and almost no feeling in the left side of her body.

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This is the story of a young girl named Katie who was riding her go-kart around the farm when it flipped over. She was found by her cousin and rushed to the emergency room. So far her progress has come much farther than expected and will hopefully continue to move in a positive direction as she continues with her therapy.

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Kevin Pearce was a 22-year-old snowboarder training for the Olympics when he fell and hit the front of his head on some ice. His brain bounced around and smashed against the back part of his skull, damaging his occipital lobe. This caused him to lose a lot of his vision. He also damaged some other parts of his brain, causing movement and memory problems. Luckily, he is recovering well.

[] Stroke Wes Varda had a brain stem stroke. Things started to spin and then he didn’t remember anything else. It affected his speech, motor skills, and moving ability. For a while his way to communicate was moving his eyes. Within a year of his stoke, Wes started training to run a marathon.

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Penelope is a lady who was in an accident where the other car ran a stop sign at 60 mph. Her car ran into a telephone pole and the other car rolled a few times. She had bleeding in her frontal lobes and the left side of her brain. She had a hard time seeing, walking, and talking after the accident.

[] Luke was a 9 month old baby who fell from a standing positionbackwards and hit his head on a carpeted floor, tearing a vein in his brain. He suffered a subdural hematoma. During his surgery, they found that he ahd continued to bleed into his brain.

[] Chandler was in a serious car accident where he drove into a tree. He was in a coma for three weeks, and had to relearn how to walk, talk and eat. Amazingly, he retained all the cognitive knowledge he had learned to that point.