Category: stroke basics
journeys to the brain series
Stroke recovery with exercise: How exercise helps the brain
Exercise helps the brain to recover movements after a stroke. Here is how it happens! The brain is a highly adaptable organ. With the right stimulation, it can learn to compensate for the damage caused by a stroke. Exercise is one such form of stimulation that helps to improve the…
Glial cells: Journeys to the brain-6
Glial cells with a neuron: Source: Open Stax.org RICE University under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license We know about neurons; do we know enough about Glial cells? Glial cells outnumber neurons. And, they are very close allies of neurons. If they do not exist, neurons cannot exist. Types of glial cells…
How long does paralysis last after a stroke?
After a stroke, the length of time that the paralysis lasts depends on the brain’s ability to recover and the outside support we give. The brain jumps into action within minutes of a stroke attack. This post chronicles the brain’s stroke recovery journey; the recovery speed varies with time. It…
Broca aphasia: “Non-fluent aphasia”
You can read about the Broca area in the Broca area How a stroke causes the Broca aphasia A full-blown stroke blocks the brain’s blood supply. When it happens inside the anterior branch of the middle cerebral artery, the brain cells in the Broca area deprive of oxygen and nutrients. As a…
Broca’s area
Paul Broca: Source: Wellcome Collection under the license of CC BY 4.0 Broca’s area plays a very important role in our speech. Prior to 1861, scientists debated whether the whole brain acted either as a single entity or contains specific regions. Pierre Paul Broca ended this debate in 1861. “Monsieur Tan”…
The neuron forest
“Neuron” by NIH-NCATS is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Our brain contains about 100 billion neurons; it looks like a neuron forest. because a neuron is more or less similar to a tree. Neurons are a special kind of cell. At one end, it sprouts a large number of very thin short threads –…
Types of stroke
The term “stroke” refers to a sudden stoppage of blood flow to a part of the brain. It can happen either due to a block in a supply route (artery) or a blast (rupture) in a supply route. Experts classify these into different types of strokes. The block to a…
