Fakultet hrvatskih studija

Odsjek za psihologiju
kolegij: Neurobiology of behavioral disturbances and
psychiatric disorders
Nositelj kolegija: prof. dr. sc. Zdravko Petanjek

STROKE
student: Sara Radić
 Biology and risks of stroke
Risk factors for stroke that can be Risk factors for stroke that can’t be
changed, treated, or medically managed: changed:
High blood pressure
Heart disease and structural abnormalities Older age
Diabetes Race
Birth control pills Gender
History of TIAs
History of prior stroke
High red blood cell count
Heredity or genetics.
High blood cholesterol and lipids
Lack of exercise, obesity
Excessive alcohol use, drugs, smoking

has a heritable component (approximately 35 genetic loci linked to stroke risk)

a clot obstructing the
"mini stroke", is caused
flow of blood to the
by a temporary clot
brain

a blood vessel rupturing and

- medical emergency preventing blood flow to the brain
- early action and prompt treatment
 call 911 even if
Ask the
symptoms seem to
person to
come and go or
smile Ask the person to Ask the person to they disappear
raise both arms. repeat a simple completely
phrase.
 Other symptoms

Problems seeing in Headache Trouble walking

one or both eyes
 What are the effects of stroke?

Left Brain Right Brain

- the right side of the body will be affected - the left side of the body will be affected

Paralysis on the right side of the body Paralysis on the left side of the body
Speech/language problems Vision problems
Slow, cautious behavioral style Quick, inquisitive behavioral style
Memory loss Memory loss
Brain Stem

- it can affect both sides of the body

- may leave someone in a ‘locked-in’

state.

unable to speak or achieve any movement

below the neck.

Nearly one in three U.S.
adults has high blood
pressure and nearly one-
third of these people don't
know they have it
700,000 individuals Two million brain
have a new or cells die every minute
recurrent stroke each during stroke 320,000 preventable
year strokes per year by
controlling
hypertension

FACTS
If you combine the annual
High blood pressure is
More men have health care dollars spent on
the No. 1 modifiable risk stroke is the leading
strokes, but more heart disease and cancer, it
factor for stroke cause of serious,
women die with is less than the money spent
long-term disability on stroke treatment each
strokes
year
 Other web sources
1. What happens during a stroke? - Vaibhav Goswami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJm4TJ2it0

2. Learning movement and relearning after stroke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3h0p4ij60

3. Stroke Localization Made Easy with Mnemonics!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbg6rTcBCoc
 Bibliography
1. About Stroke. www.stroke.org. Retrieved 10 April 2022, from https://www.stroke.org/en/about-stroke.
2. Dichgans, M., Pulit, S., & Rosand, J. (2019). Stroke genetics: discovery, biology, and clinical applications.
Civil And Environmental Research, 18(6), 587-589. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-
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3. Facts about Stroke. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. (2022). Retrieved 10 April 2022, from
https://www.umms.org/sjmc/health-services/stroke/facts.
4. Risk Factors for Stroke. Johns Hopkins medicine. (2022). Retrieved 10 April 2022, from
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/stroke/risk-factors-for-stroke.
5. Stroke - Symptoms and causes. Mayo Clinic. (2022). Retrieved 10 April 2022, from
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stroke/symptoms-causes/syc-20350113.