Vertigo is an illusion of being in movement or that your surrounding is in movement. It manifests with nausea, vomiting, sweating, and walking difficulty. Treatment of acute vertigo and associated nausea and vomiting involves the following drugs [1]: 1. What Are the Most Common Causes of Vertigo? Vertigo can be caused by acute unilateral vestibular…
Neurotoxins are chemicals that interfere with the normal function of the nervous system by damaging brain cells and tissues. The following chemicals found in food are or/may be associated with neurotoxicity: 1. Mercury 1.1. What Is Mercury? Mercury (Hg) is a chemical element classified as a transition metal because it becomes liquid at room temperature…
Neuroinflammation is the inflammation of the brain or the spinal cord due to the production of cytokines, chemokines, secondary messengers, and reactive oxygen species. 1- What Are cytokines? Cytokines are small proteins that are produced by white blood cells, such as lymphocytes T and lymphocytes B, and endothelial cells, mast cells, fibroblasts, and mesenchymal cells….
They are several diseases where the body’s immune system attacks the cells of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord): 1- What Is an Autoimmune Disease? An autoimmune disease is when the body develops an abnormal immune response against certain parts of the body leading to their destruction. An abnormal autoimmune response is associated…
White matter is parts of the brain that comprise myelinated axons, while grey matter comprises neurons bodies, axon terminals, dendrites, and synapses. Myelin that covers the white matter axons is essential for the fast transmission of electrical signals to the grey matter nerve cells, and therefore, plays a key role in learning and brain function…
