write some defects of nervous system
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Disorders of the nervous system
Structural disorders, such as brain or spinal cord injury, Bell's palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain or spinal cord tumors, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Functional disorders, such as headache, epilepsy, dizziness, and neuralgia.
Defects of Nervous system
Dyslexia :
Inability of a person to comprehend written language.
Ataxia :
Lack of muscle coordination due to damage of cerebellum.
Aphasia :
Inability to coordinate the understanding of speech and producing sound, due to defect of Wernicke's area.
Schizophrenia :
Caused by excess secretion of dopamine; characterised by incoherent speech, broken ideas, abnormal sequence of thoughts, often withdrawn, abnormal posture, intense fear, unreal feelings etc.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) :
11% of the population over age 45, suffer from this neurological disorder.
It is caused due to hyposecretion of acetylcholine. It has no cure and the effects are devastating.
Initially AD victims have trouble in remembering recent events. Later they forget; repeat questionband change mood violently. They lose ability to read, write, talk or walk. Consequently the disease ends in dementia.
Parkinson's disease (PD) :
Is a progressive disorder of the CNS. It affects persons of 60 years, although the cause is unknown
In Parkinsonism, there is degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra and basal ganglia.
The resulting imbalance of neurotransmitter activity - too little dopamine and too much of acetylcholine - is thought to be the cause.
PD patients show involuntary skeletal muscle contractions called tremors. Parkinson's disease is also called Paralysis agitans.