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Cholinergic neurotransmitter in various tissues and organs of the body; plays an important role in the transmission of nerve impulses at synapses and myoneural junctions
Myo=muscle, neural=nerve |
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| Inability to remain still; motor restlessness and anxiety |
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| Loss or lack of the power of voluntary motion |
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| Condition in which there is a loss or lack of memory |
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| Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis |
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| Muscular weakness, atrophy, with spasticity caused by degeneration of motor neurons of the spinal cord, medulla, and cortex |
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| Condition in which there is a lack of the sense of pain |
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| Loss or lack of the sense of feeling |
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| Loss or lack of the ability to eat or swallow |
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| Loss or lack of the ability to speak due to neurological impairment. A person may also have difficulty understanding others and/or expressing him- or herself verbally. |
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| Loss or lack of the ability to use objects properly; inability to perform motor tasks or activities of daily living, such as dressing and bathing. |
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| Loss or lack of muscle coordination |
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| Autonomic Nervous System The system of nerves that adjust without conscious thought and generally influence the function of smooth muscle and glands. |
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| Pertaining to the Cerebellum |
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| Disorder of movement and posture secondary to lesions or anomalies of the brain, arising in the early stages of its development. Most common chronic disorder of childhood involving four motor dysfunctions: spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed. |
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| Refers to a group of symptoms marked by memory loss and other cognitive functions such as perception, thinking, reasoning, and remembering. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. |
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| Impairment of speech caused by a brain lesion |
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| Inflammation of the brain |
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| Chemical substances produced in the brain that act as natural analgesics |
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| The neuro-transmitter associated with the adrenergic portion of the autonomic nervous system. |
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| Pertaining to within the skull |
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| Inflammation of the meninges of the spinal cord or brain |
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| Chronic disease of the central nervous system marked by damage to the myelin sheat cord causing trem h. Plaques occur in the brain and spinal ors, weakness, incoordination, paresthesia, and disturbances in vision and speech. |
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| Inflammation of the Spinal Cord |
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| Chronic condition with recurrent attacks of uncontrollable drowsiness and sleep |
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| Pain in a nerve or nerves |
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| Germ cell from which nervous tissue is formed |
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| Substances within neurons and the cerebrospinal fluid that allow nerve cells to communicate with one another |
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| Loss of sensation or an impairment of motor function; also called paralysis. There are many types of palsy; one example is Bell’s palsy, a unilateral paralysis of the facial (VII) nerve. The facial expression is distorted and the patient could be unable to close an eye or control salivation on the affected side. |
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| Chronic disease of the nervous system characterized by a loss of equilibrium and by salivation, frustration, nausea, dryness of the mouth, and muscular tremors |
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| Sensory nerve ending that receives and relays responses to stimuli |
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| Acute disease that causes edema of the brain and increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and fatty infiltration of the liver and other vital organs; occurs in children and has a relation to aspirin administration; can be viral in origin |
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| Death of brain tissue that occurs when the brain does not get enough blood and oxygen; also called cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack. |
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| The space between two neurons (nerves) where chemical transmission propagates a nervous impulse |
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| Inherited, progressive disease marked by degeneration of brain tissue; predominantly affects Jewish children of Ashkenazi origin |
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