disorders
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alzheimer disease | brain disorder characterized by a general loss of mental abilities |
| Anencephaly | developmental defect of the central nervous system in which the brain and cranial vault are grossly malformed. |
| Cephalalgia | headache: pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs. |
| Cerebral palsy | spastic weakness of the arms and legs due to damage to the motor areas of the cerebral cortex. |
| Epidural hematoma | bleeding between the Dura mater and the bone, as result of a head injury |
| Epilepsy | condition in which a person has recurrent seizures. A seizure is defined as an abnormal, disorderly discharging of the brain's nerve cells |
| Huntington's chorea | genetic disease marked by progressive deterioration of the nervous system due to deficiency of a neurotransmitter. |
| Hydrocephalus | enlargement of the brain due to abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid |
| Lou Gehrig disease | a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost |
| Meningitis | swelling of the protective coverings of the brains and spinal cord |
| Migraine | A recurrent throbbing headache that typically affects one side of the head and is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision. |
| Multiple sclerosis | disease in which the outer, myelin layer of nerve fiber insulation becomes scarred, interfering with normal conduction of nerve impulses. |
| Parkinson disease | progressive deterioration of the central nervous system due to a deficiency in the neurotransmitter dopamine; also called paralysis agitans. |
| Polio | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
| Spina bifida | a birth defect that involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord or its coverings |
| Stroke | condition resulting when an arteriole in the brain bursts or becomes blocked by an embolism |
| Subdural hematoma | accumulation of blood between the Dura mater and the brain |
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