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| debilitating disease, characterized by progressive loss of coordination and function, which results from the degeneration of dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra. |
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| difficulty in performing intentional movements and extreme slowness and sluggishness; characterized of Parkinson disease. |
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| drug that increases the effects of dopamine at receptor sites |
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| sustained muscle contractions. |
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| cells from the cortex and subcortical areas, including the basal ganglia and the cerebellum, which coordinate unconsciously controlled muscle acivity; allow the body to make automatic adjustments in posture or position and balance. |
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| lower area of the brain, associated with coordination of unconscious muscle movements that involve movement and position. |
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| is an over-stimulation at a neuromuscular junction due to an excess of acetylcholine as a result of the inactivity of the acetylcholinesterase which normally breaks down acetylcholine. |
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| a generalized seizure involving a brief interruption of consciousness. These seizures are sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures. |
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| Also known as partial seizures, and affect only one part of a cerebral hemisphere and are often a precursor to a complex partial seizure. |
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| is a life threatening condition in which there are continuing attacks of epilepsy without intervals of consciousness. Abnormally prolonged seizures. Most severe from of generalized seizure. |
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| seizure that begins in one area of the brain and rapidly spreads thoughout both hemispheres. |
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| a type of generalized seizure characterized by the stiffening of the muscles and lasts longer than just a couple of seconds. |
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| a type of generalized seizure characterized by a serious of muscle contractions or repetitive body jerking throughout the body. |
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| a type of generalized seizure that is charatcterized by serious clonic-tonic muscular reactions and loss of consciousness, with exhaustion and little memory of the event on awakening; formerly known as a grand mal seizure. |
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| is a progressive disorder involving neural degeneration in the cortex that leads to a marked loss of memory and of the ability to carry on activities of daily living. |
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| antibodies produced by a single clone of B cells that react with specific antigens. |
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| are used to modify the actions of the immune system. They include the immune stimulants and the immune suppressants. The immune stimulants are used to energize the immune system when it is exhausted from fighting prolonged invasion or when the immune styem needs help fighting a specific pathogen or cancer cell. And the immune suppressants are used to block the normal effects of the immune system in cases of organ transplantation (in which non-self-cells are transplanted into the body and destroyed by the immune reaction) and in autoimmune disorders (in which the body’s defenses recognize self-cells as foreign and work to destroy them in some cancers. |
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| also known as a Myasthenic crisis, occurs when weakness affects the muscles that control breathing, which can creat a medical emergency requiring either a respirator to help the person breathe or measures to prevent a person from taking too much air in the lungs. |
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| the degree of competence shown by a person in intellectual, emotional, psychologic, and personality functioning as measured by the level of patient awareness or consciousness. |
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| a temporary or permanent stage in which a disease symptoms have subsided or disappeared completely. |
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| an increase in the severity of a disease due to an aggravating action which makes it worse. |
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