Cerebral Atrophy (Collection: Mental Health )

The Cerebral Cortex is the outer layer of the brain - the wrinkly stuff that looks like a walnut shell. The various lobes of the Cortex are responsible for doing different jobs that help a person to be conscious. For instance, the front part of the brain helps you with making judgments. The back part controls making sense out of what you see through your eyes. The Cortex is wrapped around other 'inner' parts of the brain that do other important jobs. Atrophy means that something is shrinking in size. Cerebral Atrophy means that the Cortex part of the brain is shrunken in size from what it should be. Less brain mass and volume means that you have less thinking power. Cerebral Atrophy occurs in a variety of illnesses and addictions.

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