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| show | Minor form of seizure, consisting of momentary clouding of consciousness and loss of contact with the environment; petit mal seizure.
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| acetylcholine | show 🗑
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| show | Carry nervous impulses toward the brain and spinal cord; sensory nerves.
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| akinetic | show 🗑
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| show | Brain disorder marked by progressive, gradual mental deterioration (dementia) along with personality changes and impairment of daily functioning.
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| analgesia | show 🗑
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| anencephaly | show 🗑
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| show | Lack of feeling or sensation.
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| show | Weakening of an arterial wall, which may lead to hemorrhage and cerebrovascular accident (stroke).
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| show | Inability to speak; language function is impaired due to injury to the cerebral cortex.
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| show | Inability to perform purposeful acts or manipulate objects.
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| arachnoid membrane | show 🗑
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| astrocyte | show 🗑
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| show | Brain tumor composed of astrocytes (glial cells). The most serious of these tumors is a glioblastoma multiforme (Grades III and IV malignant brain tumor).
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| show | Without coordination.
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| aura | show 🗑
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| autonomic nervous system | show 🗑
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| show | Microscopic fiber that carries a nervous impulse along a nerve cell.
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| Bell palsy | show 🗑
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| blood-brain barrier | show 🗑
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| show | Slow movement.
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| brainstem | show 🗑
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| cauda equine | show 🗑
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| causalgia | show 🗑
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| show | Part of the nerve cell (neuron) that contains the nucleus.
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| central nervous system | show 🗑
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| cephalgia | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to the cerebellum.
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| show | Pertaining to the cerebellum and pons.
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| show | Part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance.
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| cerebral angiography | show 🗑
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| cerebral concussion | show 🗑
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| show | Bruising of brain tissue as a result of direct trauma to the head; neurologic disorder persists longer than 24 hours.
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| show | Outer region of the cerebrum.
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| cerebral hemorrhage | show 🗑
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| show | Partial paralysis and muscular coordination caused by loss of oxygen or blood flow to the cerebrum during pregnancy or in the perinatal period.
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| show | Clear, watery fluid that circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord.
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| show | Samples of cerebrospinal fluid are examined for blood cells, protein, glucose, tumor cells, bacteria and other substances.
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| show | Disruption of the normal blood supply to the brain; stroke.
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| show | Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought and memory, among other functions.
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| show | State of unconsciousness from which a patient cannot be aroused.
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| comatose | show 🗑
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| computed tomography | show 🗑
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| cranial nerves | show 🗑
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| dementia | show 🗑
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| show | Destruction of myelin on axons of nerves (as in multiple sclerosis).
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| show | Microscopic branching portion of a nerve cell; first part of the nerve cell to receive the nervous impulse.
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| dopamine | show 🗑
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| doppler/ultrasound studies | show 🗑
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| dura mater | show 🗑
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| dyskinesia | show 🗑
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| dyslexia | show 🗑
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| show | Carry messages away from the brain, the spinal cord; motor nerves.
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| electroencephalography (EEG) | show 🗑
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| show | Blood clot that is carried by the bloodstream from one area of the body to another where it blocks a blood vessel.
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| encephalitis | show 🗑
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| show | Disease of the brain.
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| show | A glial cell that lines the membranes within the brain and spinal cord and helps form cerebrospinal fluid.
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| show | Collection of blood located above the dura mater.
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| show | Brain disorder marked by recurrent attacks (seizures) of abnormal nervous impulses.
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| gait | show 🗑
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| show | Collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system; plural is ganglia.
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| show | Nervous system cell that is supportive and connective in function; Astrocyte, microglial cell, and ependymal cell.
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| show | Rapidly growing malignant tumor of the brain.
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| glioblastoma multiforme | show 🗑
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| show | Sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded fold on the surface of the cerebrum.
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| show | Slight paralysis of the right or left half of the body.
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| show | Paralysis of the right or left half of the body.
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| show | Viral infection affecting peripheral nerves.
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| show | Disease of the brain (dementia) caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
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| show | Hereditary disorder affecting the cerebrum and involving abrupt, involuntary, jerking movements, and mental deterioration in later stages.
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| show | Abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles (canals) of the brain.
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| show | Diminished sensitivity to pain.
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| show | Excessive sensitivity or feeling, especially of the skin in response to touch or pain.
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| hyperkinesis | show 🗑
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| hypothalamus | show 🗑
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| ictal event | show 🗑
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| intrathecal | show 🗑
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| leptomeningitis | show 🗑
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| show | Withdrawal of cerebrospinal fluid from the subarachnoid space between two lumbar vertebrae; spinal tap.
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| show | Magnetic and radio waves create an image of an organ three planes of the body. The brain and spinal cord can be imaged to detect lesions.
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| medulla oblongata | show 🗑
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| meningeal | show 🗑
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| show | Three membranes surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord.
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| meningioma | show 🗑
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| meningitis | show 🗑
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| meningocele | show 🗑
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| show | Phagocytic glial cell that removes waste products from the central nervous system.
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| migraine | show 🗑
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| motor nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Chronic neurologic disorder marked by destruction of the myelin sheath on neuronal axons in the CNS and replacement by plaques of sclerotic tissue.
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| myasthenia gravis | show 🗑
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| myelin sheath | show 🗑
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| myelogram | show 🗑
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| myelomeningocele | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to muscle and nerve.
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| show | Sudden seizures of sleep.
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| nerve | show 🗑
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| neuralgia | show 🗑
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| show | Lack of strength in nerves; a feeling of weakness and exhaustion.
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| neuroglia | show 🗑
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| show | Nerve cell.
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| show | Disease of nerves; primarily in the peripheral nervous system.
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| neurotransmitter | show 🗑
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| occlusion | show 🗑
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| show | Glial (neuroglial) cell that forms the myelin sheath covering the axon of a neuron.
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| show | Relieving symptoms, but not curative.
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| show | Paralysis.
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| paraplegia | show 🗑
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| show | Involuntary, autonomic nerves that regulate normal body functions, such as heart rate, breathing, and the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract.
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| parenchyma | show 🗑
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| paresis | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal nervous sensation occurring without apparent cause. Examples are tingling, numbness or prickling sensations.
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| Parkinson disease | show 🗑
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| show | Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; cranial, spinal, and autonomic nerves.
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| pia mater | show 🗑
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| plexus | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.
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| show | Inflammation of many nerves.
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| show | Part of the brainstem anterior to the cerebellum, between the medulla and the rest of the brain. The pons connects the upper and lower portions of the brain.
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| show | Computerized radiologic procedure using radioactive glucose or oxygen to image the metabolic activity of cells, such as brain cells.
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| quadriplegia | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
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| show | Disease of a spinal nerve root.
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| show | Organ that receives nervous stimulation and passes it on to nerves that carry the stimulation to the brain and spinal cord; skin, ears, eyes, and taste buds.
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| sciatic nerve | show 🗑
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| show | Carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from a receptor; afferent nerves.
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| shingles | show 🗑
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| spina bifida | show 🗑
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| show | Thirty-one pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord. Each spinal nerve affects a particular area of the skin.
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| show | Use of a specialized instrument using three-dimensional coordinates to locate the site to be operated on.
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| show | Agent of change (light, sound, and touch) that evokes a response.
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| stroma | show 🗑
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| show | Collection of blood in the space below the dura mater surrounding the brain.
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| show | Depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex; fissure.
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| sympathetic nerves | show 🗑
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| show | Space between nerve cells or between nerve cells and muscle and glandular cells.
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| show | Pertaining to syncope (fainting).
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| syncope | show 🗑
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| thalamic | show 🗑
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| thalamus | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormal condition of clot formation in a blood vessel.
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| show | Involuntary movement of a small group of muscles, as of the face.
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| tonic-clonic seizure | show 🗑
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| show | Neurologic disorder characterized by multiple facial and other body tics.
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| transient ischemic attack | show 🗑
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| show | Flashes of stab like pain along the course of a branch of the trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve). The trigeminal nerve has branches to the eye, upper jaw and lower jaw.
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| show | Pertaining to the vagus nerve.
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| show | Tenth cranial nerve with branches to the chest and abdominal organs.
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| show | Fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) filled canals in the brain.
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