PPT-PRIMARY DISEASES OF MYELIN

Acquired forms Characterized by preferential damage to previously normal myelin with relative preservation of axons and include 1 Immunemediated injury such as multiple sclerosis MS 2 Progressive multifocal . Communicable diseases and the associated risk fac tors can be grouped as follows Waterborne diseases Lack of access to safe water and inadequate sanitation facilities transmission of waterborne and foodborne pathogens Diarrhoeal diseases such as cho Thomas Abraham . What are . non- . communicable diseases?. How big a problem are they?. Sources of information. Challenges in reporting non-communicable diseases. What are NCDs?. Diseases or conditions that are not transmissible, or caused by injury. Acquired forms. Characterized by preferential damage to previously normal myelin with relative . preservation . of axons and include:. 1. Immune-mediated injury, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). 2. Progressive multifocal . Rachel . Siefring. Mentor: Dr. Carmen Sato-. Bigbee. The human population. People with disabilities. People with autism. Rett. Syndrome. Rett. Syndrome. Cause of . Rett. Syndrome. Caused by a mutation. The cells of the nervous system and neurotransmitters at . synapses. (a) Structure and function of neurones. (c) Function of converging, diverging and reverberating pathways. NS cells and neurotransmitters at synapses. Nervous system . ppt. #2. Ppt. #2. Structure of a Neuron. Neurons are the basic functional units of nervous tissue.. They are highly specialized to transmit nerve impulses.. Nervous tissue is made up of just 2 types of cells:. glial. cells). Pages 227-234. Astro. cytes. Brace/anchor neurons, provide chemical barrier. Most abundant . glial. cells. Microglia. Destroy threatening particles/cells; phagocytes. Ependymal. cells. Health . Care in NL. Primary Health Care (PHC) is typically a person’s . first point of contact with the health care . system. Range . of community-based services and proactive health . policies focused . Primary Care Requirements for EHR AMIA Symposium 2017 Primary Care Informatics Workgroup Alan E Zuckerman MD FAAP aez@georgetown.edu Jeffrey Weinfeld MD MBI FAAFP weinfelj@georgetown.edu Georgetown University School of Medicine PGY-II. 10/3/16. Demyelinating disorders. Can be divided between congenital and acquired. Congenital disorders include:. Adrenoleukodystrophy. Metachromatic . leukodystrophy. Krabbe’s. disease. Alexander’s disease. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health 1 Leukodystrophy What are the leukodystrophies? L eukodystrophy refers to genetic diseases that predominantly aect th 1 Spinal C ord Figure Legend:Figure 1 Mouse spinal cord depicting bilateral demyelination of the lateral columns (arrows) in a mouse (age, strain, and gender unknown). Image kindly provided by Dr. G. Chronic wasting disease of deer Contagious agalactia in sheep Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia Contagious equine metritis Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever Dourine ( Predrag . Janji. ć, MSc.. Research Scientist,. NIH Research Program in. Psychiatric Diseases,. RCCSIT@MANU. pjanjic@manu.edu.mk. Myelin pathology – what do we do ?. Myelin pathology . studies in our case are part of biological psychiatry research focused on pathology of schizophrenia,.