Brain Maze 91

[Jude Petkus]

Thisis a maze I made quickly at the kitchen table when my young son was drawing a picture. I didn't spend a lot of time on it as my goal was to finish it before my son decided to draw on my paper as well. As a result, it is one of my easier mazes.

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Navigating the Brain Maze is a series of short videos that will introduce you to what a brain injury is, levels of care and recovery, funding and insurance, as well as specific information on stroke, brain injury in children and mild traumatic brain injury. Hear from doctors, professionals, survivors and their families about how you can navigate your way through the maze that brain injury can often be.

Brain injuries can happen to anyone, at any time, and anywhere. In this video, you will learn the differences between acquired and traumatic brain injuries, signs and symptoms, the long-term effects, and prevention strategies.

The medical expenses of a brain injury are daunting. In this video you will learn about some of the government services available at the federal and state level, an overview of the Texas insurance laws and resources, and strategies to make sure your loved one receives the care they need.

Mild traumatic brain injury, often referred to as a concussion, is a growing public concern. Knowing the signs and symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury is important so you know when to seek treatment. This video explains the basics and will help you understand why these "mild" brain injuries need to be taken seriously. A young athlete and economist share their experiences and insights.

Statistics show young children and youth have a higher risk of sustaining a brain injury. In the event of such an injury, although the child appears to be OK, there might be some effects that can go unnoticed. This video helps ensure parents and loved ones know exactly what to look for and what to do if a brain injury is suspected. A survivor and her mother describe their moving journey.

Is your child struggling with following through on tasks, staying focused, anxiety, worry, focus, perfectionism, being unable to learn from mistakes, being able to set and achieve goals? If so, there is a good chance their brain is struggling with executive functioning. The questions are, is it normal for their age or is it something they need help with? The answer is BOTH.

Whitney Natiello is a CBHP and offers individual brain health assessments to determine a personalized treatment plan. The coaches at LifeTutors then utilize this treatment plan to support the young adult to integrate this plan into their daily lives. Through this unique and effective program their executive function becomes stronger and more efficient. This is where the healing happens, in their daily routine, through the consistency and accountability with the highly skilled coaches.

Every brain is neuro-diverse. No two brains act, respond, and perceive the same way to the same stimulus. How our brains develop, adapt, and respond to life is very unique. We have a comprehensive strategy to cultivate an effective and healthy executive function. There is a pathway without side effects that intentionally works with developing and optimizing the health of their beautiful brain. If your young adult is suffering, they are not able to help themselves due to their brain not working optimally. Take the next step for your child and reach out to LifeTutors today.

Whitney Natiello, Lic Ac, BHCP, CBHT is a pioneer and leader at the intersection of neuroscience and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has over 24 years of experience as an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is also a Certified Brain Health Professional and Trainer by Amen University.

Whitney administers comprehensive brain health assessments and creates extensive treatment plans for individuals and coaching companies. She also educates healthcare professionals how to integrate cutting edge neuroscience and ancient healing wisdom into their practices.

The Platygyra brain corals form huge coral colonies that are either flat or dome shaped. The coral have corallite walls that polyps share which twist and turn to give it a maze look. They do not have protruding rounded lobes originating from the septa like the Goniastrea coral but have rough septal teeth and heavy corallite walls. Platygyra can sometimes be confused with Leptoria coral which has deeper valleys and thinner corallite walls. The brain corals are commonly found in colors such as brown, green, and gray.

The Maze Brain coral has a moderate to easy care level but is not as hardy as other brain corals in the Favites and Goniastrea genera. They are more likely to bleach and have tissue loss but once conditions become favorable the tissue can recover the skeleton very quickly. Proper current to the Platygyra coral seems to be more important than proper lighting. Too low of a current will not allow the coral to feed and stay clean of waste. A moderately strong current that does not blast the coral is preferred. The coral can grow quite large and may want to be considered when placing the coral in the aquarium.

Lighting for the Maze Brain coral should be moderate. Lower lighting can be tolerated if the current is good but the brain coral will not grow very fast. An example of lighting that has worked very well for the Platygyra coral is under being placed in an aquarium that is 27 inches deep, off center from 400w metal halide lights that are 16 inches above the water line, and the coral being placed on the bottom.

Under proper lighting and current the Maze Brain coral can grow fairly quick and will use a lot of calcium in the aquarium. Keeping the calcium level around 400 ppm will ensure that the coral has enough calcium to grow. It can handle nitrate levels as high as 20 ppm but does best when they are very low. Phosphate levels should also be kept low for best coral growth.

The Platygyra coral are like other large polyp stony (LPS) corals and have several feeding methods. The corals have a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae (dinoflagellate algae) which they receive some of their nutrients. They also capture food particles like plankton from the water and can absorb dissolved organic matter.

The Brain Maze Coral can be fed at night when their tentacles are out or early morning when the lights first come on but this is not required if it is under proper aquarium conditions. If you want to feed the Maze brain coral, it can be fed meaty foods like brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, cyclopese or anything else meaty and small.

Mazes & Brain Games, is a mind-boggling collection of mazes, 3-D puzzles and full-body brain games. On your visit, you will engage in critical and creative thinking and learn what makes our own brains better at problem solving. The exhibit poses questions, creates empathy, dispels myths and challenges perceptions.

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Habits help us through the day, eliminating the need to strategize about each tiny step involved in making a frothy latte, driving to work and other complex routines. Bad habits, though, can have a vise grip on both mind and behavior. Notoriously hard to break, they are devilishly easy to resume, as many reformed smokers discover.

A new study in the Oct. 20 issue of Nature, led by Ann Graybiel of MIT's McGovern Institute, now shows why. Important neural activity patterns in a specific region of the brain change when habits are formed, change again when habits are broken, but quickly re-emerge when something rekindles an extinguished habit -- routines that originally took great effort to learn.

"We knew that neurons can change their firing patterns when habits are learned, but it is startling to find that these patterns reverse when the habit is lost, only to recur again as soon as something kicks off the habit again," said Graybiel, who is also the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Neuroscience in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS).

The patterns in question occur in the basal ganglia, a brain region that is critical to habits, addiction and procedural learning. Malfunctions in the basal ganglia occur in Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and many neuropsychiatric disorders.

In the Graybiel experiments, rats learned that there was a chocolate reward at one end of a T-maze. When the rats were learning, the neurons were active throughout the maze run, as if everything might be important. As the rats learned which cues (audible tones) indicated which arm of the maze led to the chocolate, the neurons in the basal ganglia learned, too.

After the rats had thoroughly learned the cues, the neurons interested in the task fired intensely at the most salient parts of the task -- the beginning and the end. But these neurons became quiet as the rats ran through the familiar maze, as if exploiting their knowledge to focus on efficiently finding the reward. Other "disinterested" neurons became quiet during the maze run, perhaps so as not to bother the critical neural signals.

Then the researchers removed the reward, making the cues meaningless. This change in training made everything in the maze became relevant again, and the neurons reverted to chattering throughout the run. The rats eventually stopped running (gave up the habit), and the new habit pattern of the brain cells disappeared. But as soon as the researchers returned the reward, the learned neural pattern, with the beginning and ending spikes, appeared again.

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