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| a wasting of tissue that results in decrease muscle mass |
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| connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord and includes mid brain, medulla oblongata, and the pons. |
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| refers to the pathway connecting the cerebral cortex to the brainstem. |
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| (also referred to as pyramidal tracts)are descending tracts which conduct motor impulses form the brain to the spinal cord |
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| destruction, removal, or loss od myelin sheath of a nerve or nerves |
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| neurotransmitter that helps regulate movement and emotional response; a deficiency results in Parkinson's |
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| record obtained during the amplification, recording, and subsequent analysis of the electrical activity of the brain using an instrument called an electroencephalograph |
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| common name for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (AML) which is fatal, progressive, degenerative motor neuron disease in which scars form on the neurons in the corticospial pathways, the motor nuclei of the brainstem, and the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord |
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| injury to the ventral horn of the spinal cord results in lower motor neuron damage, sign include focal and multi-focal weakness, atrophy cramps, and muscle twitching as well as flaccid paralysis with loss of movement, tone, and reflex activity |
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| neurodegenerative disease |
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| refers to degeneration of nervous tissue |
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| located in the basil ganglia, this structures produces dopamine, a neurotransmitter, and transports it to the striatum |
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