Anatomy of Normal and Degenerative Changes in the Brain

Abstract

This chapter reviews the normal anatomy of the human cerebrum. We then demonstrate the appearance of degenerative changes in the brain grossly and with CT and MRI images. We have focused on the effects on the cerebrum of major diseases that affect the cerebrum, namely: (1) CVA/strokes; (2) the Communicative diseases of malaria and HIV/AIDS and, (3) Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) the Neurodegenerative diseases-Alzheimer's' Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal degeneration/Picks, Huntington's' Disease, Parkinson's'. For each of the diseases we have included an illustrative case history. We have also listed the division of the NIH, WHO or the CDC and the organization which provides assistance to the patients and the families that are affected by these diseases.