neuropsych would perform
neuropsychological assessments to
determine what functions and processing
abilities have been affected by the brain
injury
they would then also provide rehabilitation
damaging the brain directly
disrupting blood supply
inducing bleeding
increased cranial pressure and swelling this
opening brain to infection
scarring brain tissue which can become a
focus for later epileptic seizures
family members of the victim also benefit these changes are noticed by those closest
from working with a neuropsychologist to the victim
, this exceeds the normal tissue
extendability particulary along the
we are specifically looking at the axon and
cell body
pathological mechanism/pathomechanism =
mechanism by which pathological conditions
occur the axon is very vulnerable to force