Question

Randy has been experiencing several disturbing symptoms over the last year including: muscle weakness, slow reaction time, visual perception issues, seizures, hearing loss, weight gain, a general sense of pain, and delusions.
Explain why his doctors might be concerned with the following when making their diagnosis:
Neurotransmitters
Hormones
Myelin sheath
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe


Describe how each of the following brain scanning techniques would aid the doctors in making their diagnosis of these symptoms:
Pet scan
fMRI
EEG

Answer 1

Answer:

Randy has been experiencing several disturbing symptoms over the last year including: muscle weakness, slow reaction time, visual perception issues, seizures, hearing loss, weight gain, a general sense of pain, and delusions.

Explain why his doctors might be concerned with the following when making their diagnosis:

Neurotransmitters

Hormones

Myelin sheath

Occipital lobe

Temporal lobe

Describe how each of the following brain scanning techniques would aid the doctors in making their diagnosis of these symptoms:

Pet scan

fMRI

EEG

Explanation:

Explain why his doctors might be concerned Neurotransmitters are known as chemical messengers, are endogenous chemicals that enable neurotransmission. They transmit signals across a chemical synapse, such as a neuromuscular junction, from one neuron to another "target" neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell. They are brain chemicals that communicate information throughout our brain and body.