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| premonitary awareness of an approaching physical or menta disorder pecular sensation that precedes seizures |
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| developmental disorder extreme withdrawal and abnormal absorption in fantasy accompanied by inability to communicate even on a basic level |
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| congenital decicit including memory impairment dsylexia inability to learn and process written language despite intelligence |
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| autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation of the peripheral nerves in which myelin sheaths on axons are destroyed results in decreased nerve impulses loss of reflex response and sudden muscle weakness |
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| inactivity or lack of response to normal stimuli aka sluggishness |
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| nonpsychotic mental illness that triggers feelings of distress and anxiety and impairs normal behavior |
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| major emotional disorder in which reality is lost and incapable of meeting daily challenges |
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| temporary interference with blood supply to brain lasting from a few minutes to a few hours |
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| records electrical activity in the brain |
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| extracts spinal fluid for diagnostic purposes |
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| scan using computed tomography to record the positrons emitted from a radiopharmaceutical |
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| cutting a circular opening into the skull to reveal brain tissue and decrease intracranial pressure |
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| collection of fluid inside the brain |
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| reduce impulsive behavior by increasing the level of neurotransmitters to treat ADHD and narcolepsy |
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| transection of a nerve tract in the brainstem or spinal cord |
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| treats high blood pressuremyelitis |
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| inflammation of the spinal cord resulting from infection |
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| radiological examination of the spinal canal, nerve roots, and spinal cord |
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| lab test used to diagnose viral and bacterial infections, tumors and hemorrhage |
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| recording of electrical signals that occur in a muscle when at rest and during contraction to access nerve damages |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| pathological condition associated with formation of small plaques in the cerebral cortex |
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| part of the grand mal seizure characterized by uncontrolled jerking of the body |
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| mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, emotion, and energy |
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| commonly caused by by narrowing of the carotid arteries |
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| disease that causes inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
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| head nodding, bradykinesia, tremors, and shuffling gait |
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| characterized by demyelination in the spinal cord and brain |
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| network of nervous tissue in brain and spinal cord |
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| ventricle of heart or brain |
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| injury to brain occassionally with transient loss of consciousness as a result of injury or trauma to the head |
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| deep unconsciousness with absence of voluntary response to stimuli |
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| sudden violent contraction of one or more muscles |
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| defect in neural tube that fails to close during embroygenesis |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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