Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)

Anatomy of the brain
What is a MTBI?
What do patients with MTBI suffer from?
Services offered at Polyclinique Center-Ville for MTBI.

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Anatomy of the brain

It is important to know the role of each brain lobe, to better understand the symptoms of MTBI.

The brain is divided into 4 lobes:

– The frontal lobe that is connected to the limbic system that manages emotions. It affects memory and other cognitive functions such as attention as well as motor functions.

– The parietal lobe plays an important role in integrating information from different sensory modalities (vision, touch, hearing). This region of the brain is particularly involved in the perception of space and in attention.

– The occipital lobe is the visual center. It allows the recognition of the orientations and contours of the images. The cortex devoted to visual analysis extends to the parietal and temporal lobes.

– The temporal lobe is involved in the memory, in the hearing and in the emotional experience.