Neuro Definitions 1

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lack of sensory perceptual ability to recognize objects

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agnosia

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word or text blindness

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alexia

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slowly progressive dementia, most common degenerative disease of the CNS

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Alzheimer's disease

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disturbance of long-term memory

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amnesia

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dilation of an artery

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aneurysm

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radiography of vessels after injection of a radiopaque material

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angiography

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any disease of blood vessels or lymphatics

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angiopathy

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impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, due to dysfunction of brain centers in dominant hemisphere

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aphasia

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inability to combine sounds to produce recognizable speech

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aphemia

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loss of voice due to disease or injury

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aphonia

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deficit in thinking

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aphronia

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inability to execute purposeful movements

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apraxia

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obsolete term for a stroke

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apoplexy

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inability to coordinate muscles in the execution of voluntary movements

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ataxia

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extension of big toe and fanning of the other toes indicates corticospinal damage

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Babinski sign

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hemiparalysis of the facial muscles due to CN VII damage

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Bell's palsy

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paralysis due to hemisection of the spinal cord

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Brown-Sequard syndrome

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a morbid condition characterized by limb rigidity; subject pale, unresponsive to stimuli, pulse, respiration low

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Catalepsy

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blindspots involving central vision

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central scotoma

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indicated by intention tremors

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Cerebellar disease

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irregular, spasmodic, involuntary movements of the limbs or facial muscles

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chorea

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profound unconsciousness from which one cannot be aroused

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coma

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the use of x-ray absorption to define density of tissues in the nervous system

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computed tomography

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language problem caused by an interruption in the arcuate fasciculus connecting Wernicke's area with Broca's area resulting in pronounced impairment of repetition

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Conduction aphasia

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making up stories to produce a fluent answer

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confabulation

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injury at a point opposite to the area where the blow was received (as in the skull)

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countre-coup injury

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blindness resulting from bilateral occipital lobe injuries

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cortical blindness

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opening of the skull

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craniotomy

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acute insanity caused by alcohol withdrawl marked by sweating, tremor, atonic dyspepsia, restlessness, anxiety, mental confusion, hallucinations

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Delirium tremens

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a general mental deterioration

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dementia

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destruction or loss of myelin from the sheath of Schwann Cells or oligodendroglia

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demyelination

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a sinking of spirits so as to constitute a clinically discernible condition

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depression

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the normal power of bringing a limb into the opposite position

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diadochokinesis

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double vision

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diplopia

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disturbance of speech articulation due to emotional stress or to paralysis, uncoordination, or spasticity of the laryngeal muscles used for speaking

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dysarthria

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abnormal functioning of the autonomic nervous system

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dysautonomia

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a lack of harmonious action between the muscles concerned with executing a particular voluntary movement

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dysergia

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impairment of sensation short of anesthesia

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dysesthesia

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difficulty in performing voluntary movements

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dyskinesia

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incomplete alexia, a level of reading far below the individual's level of skill or intelligence

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dyslexia

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a form of dysergia in which the subject is unable to arrest a muscular movement at a particular point

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dysmetria

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echophrasia, echo reaction, repetition of speech

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echolalia

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a recording of electrical activity of the brain taken from electrodes attached to the scalp

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electroencephalograph

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obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel caused by a clot or foreign substance

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embolism

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any disease of the brain

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encephalopathy

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convulsive state caused by excessive, uncoordinated neuronal discharge

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epilepsy

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tremor present at rest that continues during movement, usually limited to the hands and arms

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essential tremor

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aphrasia due to damage in Broca's area, located in the third frontal convolution of the speech-dominant hemisphere

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expressive aphrasia

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localized brain damage, esp. associated with wounds that penetrate the skull, or with head injuries resulting from automobile accidents

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focal brain damage

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one of two types of seizures (the other being partial) caused by simultaneous activity in several cortical areas, the person loses consciousness and postural tone

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generalized seizures

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tics

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habit spasms

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the apparent, often strong, subjective perception of an object or event where none exists

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hallucinations

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loss of vision for one half of the visual field in one or both eyes

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hemianopia (hemianopsia)