4. BRAIN GROWTH
SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED CHANGES
BETWEEN AGES 3 AND 15.
THE BRAIN INCREASES FOURFOLD IN SIZE SINCE
BIRTH.
THE BRAIN REACHES ABOUT 95% OF THE
AVERAGE ADULT VOLUME AT AGE 5 OR 6.
ACCORDING TO STUDIES, THE MOST RAPID
GROWTH OF THE FRONTAL LOBE IS AT AGES 3-6.
THE GRAY MATTER SPIKES SHIFTS TO
TEMPORAL & PARIETAL LOBES AT AGE 6 TO
PUBERTY. THEY PLAY ROLES IN LANGUAGE AND
SPATIAL RELATIONS.
5. BRAIN GROWTH
AS CHILDREN AGE, THE GROWTH MOVES IN A WAVE
PATTERN FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR.
RIGHT BEFORE PUBERTY, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN GRAY
MATTER, AGE 11 FOR GIRLS & 12 FOR BOYS.
THERE IS ANOTHER INCREASE IN GRAY MATTER AT THE
ONSET OF ADOLESCENCE.
FOLLOWED BY A LOSS IN THE FRONTAL LOBES FROM MID-
TEENS TO MID-TWENTIES.
THE TEENAGE YEARS ARE A KIND OF CRITICAL TIME TO
OPTIMIZE THE BRAIN.
“IF THE BRAIN IS THE INTERNET, GRAY MATTER IS YOUR
COMPUTER AND THE WHITE MATTER IS THE TELEPHONE
LINES THAT CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO ALL THE
OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE PLANET”
6. DEMENTIA
SIGNS OF DEMENTIA
– RECENT MEMORY LOSS
– DIFFICULTY PERFORMING TASKS
– PROBLEMS WITH LANGUAGE
– TIME & PLACE DISORIENTATION
– POOR JUDGEMENT
– PROBLEMS WITH ABSTRACT THINKING
– MISPLACING THINGS
– CHANGES IN MOOD
– PERSONALITY CHANGES
– LOSS OF INITIATIVE
8. ADHD – ATTENTION DEFICIT
HYPERACTIVE DISORDER
MOST FREQUENT IN MALES, IN CHILDHOOD.
DIFFICULT CONTROLING BEHAVIOR,ATTENTION,
MAKES MISTAKES
TROUBLE COMPREHENDING PROBLEMS
INTERRUPTS, VERY IMPATIENT
DRIVEN BY A MOTOR
SMALLER BRAIN VOLUME
ORIGINATES IN RIGHT FRONTAL LOBE
RESEARCH: MUCH TO BE LEARNED
9. ALCOHOL DEMENTIA
EXCESSIVE DRINKING
AFFECTS MEMORY, & LEARNING
NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS, DIFFICULTY
MAKING DECISIONS, POOR JUDGEMENT,
LACK OF INSIGHT, UNABLE TO LEARN
NEW THINGS, PERSONALITY CHANGES
RESEARCH: REVERSABLE IN EARLY
STAGES IF: ABSTAINS FROM ETOH, AND
VITAMINS REPLACED
10. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF MENTAL
CHANGES
4 STAGES: STARTS 3 YEARS BEFORE SYMPTOMS
1. LOSS OF SHORT TERM MEMORY
2. NOW SUFFERER DOESN’T REMEMBER THAT HE
LOST HIS MEMORY, (2-4 YRS)ADDITION TO #1
3. TROUBLE DOING ADL, WALKING,
INCONTINENCE, LOOSING BALANCE
4. TERMINAL STAGE: MUTE, SEIZURES, APHASIC,
& BEDRIDDEN
RESEARCH: METAL & ALUMINUM TOXICITY
ACETYCHOLINE DEFICIENCY
11. AUTISM & ASPERGER’S
SYNDROME
APPEARS IN FIRST 3 YEARS
DEFICIENCIES IN VERBAL COMMUNICATION,
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS & PLAY
REPEATED BODY MOVEMENTS: FLAPPING HAND,
ROCKING & AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
SUFFERS FROM ALLERGIC REACTION: FORMING
ANTIBODIES TO FOOD WHICH ATTACKS BRAIN
CENTERS
MORE OFTEN IN MALES
ASPERGER’S: PURE AUTISM, MALE BRAIN TYPE
RESEARCH: GLUTEN-FREE-CASIN-FREE DIET.
GLUTEN-FOUND IN WHEAT,RYE,BARLEY & OATS
CASIN- FOUND IN DAIRY PRODUCTS
AUTISTIC SUFFERERS SEEM DRUGGED
12. B-12 DEMENTIA
EXCELLENT HEALTH
CRY EASILY,DISORIENTATED, CONFUSED,
INCONTINENT, REFUSING TO EAT, LEAVES
HOUSE PARTIALY UNCLOTHED
MOST TESTS ARE NEGATIVE
SUFFERERS DON’T EAT WELL – SOMETIMES
VEGETARIAN
NO ANIMAL PROTEIN IN DIET
BY INJECTING VITAMIN B-12: 24 HRS SIT UP
AGAIN, 48 HRS REGAIN CONTROL OF BLADDER &
FECES, 1 WEEK MEMORY RETURNS
SOME PERSONALITY CHANGES REMAIN
13. DOWN SYNDROME
AKA: MONGOLISM
DETECTED BY AMNIOCENTESIS
PREGNANCY AFTER AGE 40
DECREASED MUSCLE TONE AT BIRTH, SUTURES ARE
SEPARATED, ODD SHAPED HEAD, SMALL MOUTH,
PROTRUDING TONGUE, SHORT HANDS & FINGERS
TRIPLICATION OF CHROMOSOME 21
GROWTH RETARDATION
ONLY REACHES A MENTAL AGE OF 8 OR 10
MORTALITY EARLY MOSTLY OF CARDIAC PROBS
RESEARCH: NO SPECIFIC TREATMENT ONLY SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
14. DEPRESSION
SYMPTOMS: DESPAIR, GUILT, EXHAUSTION,
ANXIETY, PAIN, SLEEP PROBLEMS, APPETITE
DISTURBANCE, WORTHLESS, & UNLOVED
MEMORY AFFECTED & THINKING SLOWED
BRAIN IS LESS ACTIVE, THEY SHOW SIMULAR
PATTERNS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
BOTH PARTS OF FRONTAL LOBE ARE
UNDERACTIVE
CAUSED BY FIRING OF A CIRCUIT
AMYGDALA GIVES NEGATIVE FEELINGS
RESEARCH: ANTI ANXIETY DRUGS RAISE
NEUROTRANSMITTER LEVELS & TURN ON AREAS
OF BRAIN THAT SHOULD BE ON & TURN OFF
OTHERS
ANTI-ANXITEY DRUGS ARE: LITIUM, PROZAC, &
15. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
MOTHER WHO CONSUMES ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY
MOST SERIOUS CONDITIONS: SEVERE MENTAL
RETARDATION DUE TO IMPAIRED BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
FACIAL ABNORMALITIES: SMALL HEAD,EYES, SHORT EYE
OPENINGS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF UPPER LIP WITH
FLAT UPPER LIP RIDGES, THIN UPPER LIP, & FLAT
MAXILLARY JAW.
EYES AND VISION EASILY DAMAGED BY ETOH
ALSO NICOTINE AND CARBON MONOXIDE FROM SMOKING
AFFECT FETUS
RESEARCH: WHEN ACETALDEHYDE (ACH) FOUND IN
ALCOHOL IS METABOLIZED THE FETUS BECOMES
UNDERNOURISHED, & MALNUTRITION IS NOTED.
EVEN IF MOTHER EATS PROPER FOODS THE PLACENTIA
DOESN’T CARRY VITAMINS, MINERALS, & NUTRIENTS
NEEDED TO DEVELOP FETUS
RESEARCH: SPECULATIONS OF FAULTY CELL
DEVELOPMENT IN MALE SPERM
16. F.A.S. EFFECTIVE TEACHING
TECHNIQUES
START WITH TEACHING RELAXATION, THEY CAN BE TAUGHT
HOW TO RELAX & AVOID SHUTDOWN
USE VISUAL CUES, MAKE COMMUNICATION SHORT & SIMPLE
USE MUSIC & RHYME IN TEACHING, CHILDREN RETAIN 90%
INCORPORATE KINAESTHETIC ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS JUMPING
ROPE TO JINGLES TO LEARN MATH FACTS. PRACTICE ORAL
SPELLING WORDS WITH CHEERLEADING OR DRUMMING
INTEGRATE NEW CONCEPTS WITH INFORMATION THE CHILD
ALREADY UNDERSTANDS. USE EXAMPLES FROM THE CHILDS
ADL WHEN TEACHING
USE SCRIPTING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
SHORT, EASY TO READ HAND WRITTEN PLAYS CAN BE USED TO
TEACH ANY SUBJECT, & HELPS THE CHILD WITH THE OUTSIDE
WORLD
USE THE VISUAL MODE OF LEARNING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
MAKE VIDEOTAPES TO TEACH
ALLOW THE CHILD TO DRAW A PICTURE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE
OR SHE IS FEELING. DRAW PICTURES WITH THE RULES OF THE
CLASSROOM
17. HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
CAUSES DETERIORATION OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY, EMOTIONAL
CONTROL, BALANCE & SPEECH
THE DISEASE IS PROGRESSIVE & DEGENERATIVE AFFECTING BODY &
MIND
WHEN DISEASE PROGRESSES SUFFERER EXPERIENCES CHANGES IN
PERSONALITY & DECLINES IN INTELLECT, MEMORY, SPEECH, &
JUDGEMENT. DEMENTIA DEVELOPS IN LATER STAGES
GENEALOGIC DOCUMENTATION HAS ESTABLISHED THE CAUSE TO BE A
MONOHYBRID AUTOSOMAL GENE OF DOMINANT TYPE WITH COMPLETE
PENETRANCE
GROSS WASTING OF THE HEAD OF THE CAUDATE NUCLEUS & PUTAMEN
BILATERALLY IS ITS CHARACTERISTIC IN THE FRONTAL & TEMPORAL
LOBES
FIRST SIGNS APPEAR IN CHILDHOOD, BEFORE PUBERTY BEFORE AGE 4,
CAUSING RIGID FORMS OF THE DISEASE & SEIZURES
SUFFERERS BEGIN TO FIND FAULT & COMPLAIN ABOUT
EVERYTHING,THEY MAY BE SUSPICIOUS, IRRITABLE, IMPULSIVE,
ECCENTRIC, OR EXCESSIVELY RELIGIOUS
MEMORY & ATTENTIVENESS ARE LOST FIRST,THEN TEMPER
HEREDITARY DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE BEGINNING AGE 40-50
RESEARCH:4 TO 5 MILLION ARE MALES,OLDER PATEINTS INHERIT FROM
MOTHERS AND YOUNGER PATIENTS FROM FATHERS
NOT MANY DRUGS ON MARKET ARE HELPFUL, LEVODOPA MAKES
CHOREA WORSE. CHOREA MEANS INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS
18. PARKINSON’S DISEASE
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER WHERE CERTAIN BRAIN CELLS
THAT CONTROL MUSCLES DEGENERATE, CAUSING
TREMOR, STIFFNESS, SHUFFLING WALK & PROBLEMS WITH
BALANCE
TREMORS GET WORSE WITH STRESS DUE TO LOW
DOPAMINE LEVELS, SUFFERER FINDS IT HARD TO MOVE
FORWARD
LATE STAGES: MEANINGLESSNESS,
LETHARGY,DEPRESSION, ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT,
COMBATIVENESS & SOCIAL WITHDRAWL
DEFICIENCY OF THE NEUROTRANSMITTER CALLED
DOPAMINE
POSSIBLE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, OXIDATIVE
STRESS OCCUR IN AGES UNDER 50
GENETICS PLAY A BIG ROLE
RESEARCH: DEVELOPING MANY DIFFERENT THERAPEUTIC
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
LEVODOPA & SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
19. PICK’S DISEASE
FIRST SYMPTOMS ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL & BEHAVIORAL
PROBLEMS
CHANGE IN CHARACTER,SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, DIMINISHED
DRIVE, & EXPRESSION VACANT
EARLY STAGES: SUFFERER BECOMES OBSESSIVE,
INSISTING THAT EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY NEAT & IN
ORDER, REPEATEDLY WASHING OF HANDS, & OBSERVING
LITTLE RITUALS EACH TIME A CERTAIN TASK IS CARRIED
OUT
TALKS JARGON, CAN’T DISCRIBE THE OBJECT
FRONTAL LOBE DEMENTIA LIKE ALZHEIMER’S
DEMENTIA CAUSES IRREVERSIBLE DECLINE, SOME
PROBLEMS START AT A YOUNGER AGE
SOME PROBLEMS CAN BE TREATED BY MEDICATIONS TO
REDUCE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
RESEARCH: HARD TO DIAGNOSE THIS DISEASE UNTIL
AFTER DEATH BY POST MORTEM EXAMINATION
20. SCHIZOPHRENIA
CHRONIC, SEVERE, & DISABLING BRAIN DISEASE, AFFECTS
BOTH MEN & WOMEN, OFTEN EARLIER IN MEN – LATE
TEENS OR EARLY 20’S, WOMEN AFFECTED IN 20’S OR
EARLY 30’S.
OFTEN SUFFER TERRIFYING SYMPTOMS: HEARING OF
INTERNAL VOICES, BELIEVING THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE
READING THEIR MINDS & CONTROLLING THEIR THOUGHTS
OR PLOTTING TO HARM THEM, THIS MAKES THEM
FEARFUL, & WITHDRAWN, SPEECH & BEHAVIOR
DISORGANIZED, FRIGHTENING TO OTHERS
DIAGNOSIS: RULE OUT OTHER ILLNESSES
ABUSE OF OTHER DRUGS CAUSE SYMPTOMS
VIOLENT CRIMES ARE MOSTLY COMMITTED BY
SUFFERERS WHO HAVE PARANOID & PSYCHOTIC
SYMPTOMS
SCHIZOPHRENIA RUNS IN FAMILIES, AND RESEARCHERS
STUDY GENETIC FACTORS SUCH AS PRENATAL
COMPLICATIONS
ANTI-PSYCOTIC DRUGS AVAILABLE SINCE MID 1950’S
