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| Electroconvulsive Therapy |
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| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
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| Pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accomodation |
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| Peripheral Nervous System |
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| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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| Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
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| Parts of PNS that carry messages between CNS and organs that function autonomously |
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| Web-likek layer of meninges; middle layer |
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| Subdivision of nervous system that includes brain and spinal cord |
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| Part of neuron that carries electrical impulses |
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| Part of brain that controls function including heart rate, breathing, and body temperature |
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| One of 3 parts of a neuron cell |
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| Part of brain that controls skeletal muscles |
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| grey matter surrounding cerebrum |
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| fluid in and around the brain and spinal cord |
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| largest part of brain, controls,, conscious thought and stores memories |
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| One of two preocesses extending from a neuron cell body |
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| Part of brain containing both the thalamus and hypothalamus |
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| Outer meninges, the fibrous membrane protecting the CNS |
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| Front part of brain from which voluntary muscle movements and other sensory motor tasks are directed |
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| Group of neuron cell bodies grouped together in the PNS |
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| Hormone and emotion center of brain that controls automatic functions |
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| Collective term for the arachnoid mater and pia mater |
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| Part of the brain stem that sends sensory information to the thlamus to direct the autonomic functions of the heart, lungs, and other viscera |
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| Three layer membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord |
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| Middle part of the brain between diencephalon and the pons; aka midbrain |
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| fatty white envelop of cells providing protection and electrical insulation to neurons |
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| Whitish, cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles of nerve fibers outside CNS |
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| Cells within both CNS and PNS which from essential part of nerve tissue |
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| nerve cell, including cell body and axon |
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| Chemical released by presynaptic cell that is picked up by postsynaptic cell to affect and action |
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| Group of nerve cell bodies grouped together in CNS |
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| Part of brain that processes info from the sense of sight and other sensory and motor tasks |
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| Peripharal Nervous System |
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| Made up of nerons, neuroglia, and associated tissue, including cranial and spinal nerves and sensory and motor nerves that extedn through the body |
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| Part of brain that processes info from sense of touch and other sensory and motor tasks |
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| Part of brain stem that passes info to cerebellum and thalamus to regulate subconscious somatic activites |
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| Adjective used to indicate the relation between activity psychic and muscular movement |
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| Parts of PNS that carry impulses for conscious rather than habitual activity |
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| Parts of PNS that carry impulses for conscious rather than habitual activity |
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| The 31 pairs of nerves located along spinal columns |
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| Connecting point between nerve cells or between nerve cell and a receptor or effector cell |
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| Part of brain that processes info from hearing smell and taste |
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| Part of brain that processes sensory info |
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| Cavities between cerebrum and the brain stem |
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| Begins in late middle life, characterized by progressive mental deterioration that includes loss of memory and visual and special orientation |
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| Localized dilation of an artery due to vessel wall weakness |
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| Feeling of apprehension that results from anticipation of danger |
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| Star shaped tumor that usually develops in cerebrum; freq in people younger than 20 years |
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| Lack of muscular coordination |
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| Clinical course characterized by manic episodes alternating with depressive episodes |
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| Brain disorder involving a blood vessel |
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| AKA: cerebral stroke, acute critical event related to impairment of cerebral circulation lasting more than 24 hours |
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| Brain disorder involving a blood vessel |
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| False belief or wrong judgement despite evidence to the contrary |
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| Impaired intellectual function |
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| Prolonged perious where there is a loss of interest or pleasure in almost all activities |
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| Inflammation of the brain |
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| Collection of blood in the space between the skull and the dura mater |
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| CNS disorder often characterised by seisures |
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| Cerebral tumor occurring most frequantly in adults |
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| Collection of blood in the space between the skull and the dura mater |
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| Cerebral tumor occurring most frequently in adults |
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| Type of severe seizure with tonic-clonic convulsions |
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| Perception of an object or voise when no such stimulus exists |
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| Partial paralysis of one side of the body |
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| Paralysis of one side of the body |
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| Hereditary disorder of the CNS |
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| Excessive cerebrospinal fluid in the brain |
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| Abmormal sensitivity to touch |
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| Uncontrollabel impulse to steal |
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| Benign tumor of the meninges |
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| Disease of the CNS characterized by the formation of plaques in the brain and spinal cord |
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| Muscle weakness, lack of strength |
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| Inflammation of the spinal cord |
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| Protusion of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord through a defect in the cranium or vertebral column |
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| Disease involving cranial, central, or autonomic nervous system |
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| Obsessive compulsive disorder |
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| Anxiety disorder characterized by persistent thoughts and impulses with repetitive responses that interfere with daily activities |
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| Loss of one or more muscle funtions |
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| Serious mental disorder characterized by unreasonable suspicion or jealousy along with a tendency to interpret everything others do as hostile |
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| Psralysis of the lower extremities and often the lower trunk of the body |
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| Disease of the nerves in the brain due to an imbalance of dopamine |
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| Milder form of seizure lasting only a few seconds and does not incluede convulsive movements also known as absence seizures |
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| Fear of something that is not a hazard from a statistical point of view |
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| Inflames grey matter of spinal cord |
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| Serious disorder involved a marked distortion of or sharp break from reality |
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| Paralysis of all four limbs |
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| Severe mental illness characterized by auditory hallucinations, paranoia, and an inability to distinguish reality from fiction |
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| Suddden disturbance in brain function sometimes producing a convulsion |
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| Collection of blood trapped in the space between the dura mater, between the dura and arachnoid layers of themeninges |
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| Transient ischemic attack |
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| Temporary interuption in the blood suppy to the brain |
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| Drug used to suppress anxiousness and relaz muscles |
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| Drugs used to degrease seizure activity |
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| Drug given to patients to affet behavior and treat psychiatric disorders |
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| Excision of part of the skull |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy or electroshock therapy |
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| Controlled convulsion produced by passing an electric current through the brain |
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| Insertion of a needle into the subarachnoid space between the third and fourth or fourth and fifth lumbar vertibrae to withdraw fluid for diagnosis |
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| Magnetic resonance imaging |
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| Uses radio waves and a very strong magnetic field to produce images of the soft tissue |
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| Radiography of the spinal cord and nerve roots |
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| Surgery to repair a nerve |
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| Drugs used to induce a calming effect or sleep |
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