Discussion Psychology Questions

Give a short summary for each question 200 words or less please provide cite references as well.

1. Discuss the causes, symptoms, and treatment of brain tumors, seizure disorders, cerebrovascular accidents, and traumatic brain injury.

2. Discuss developmental disorders resulting from toxic chemicals, inherited metabolic disorders, and Down syndrome.

 3. Discuss research on the role of misfolded prion proteins in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

4. Discuss the causes, symptoms, and available treatments for the degeneration of the basal ganglia that occurs in Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.

 5. Discuss the causes, symptoms, and potential treatments for the brain degeneration caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

6. Discuss the causes, symptoms, and available treatments of the brain degeneration caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, and Korsakoff’s syndrome.

7. Discuss the causes, symptoms, and available treatments for encephalitis, HIV-associated dementia, and meningitis.