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a mess of cells that grows independently of the rest of the bodyneoplasm
a tumor, usually benign, arising from a meningeal tissue of the brainmeningioma
the transmission of disease from one organ to anothermetastasis
a sudden cerebrovascular event that causes brain damagewhat is a stroke
bleeding in the braincerebral hemorrhage
disruption of blood supplycerebral ischemia
a plug forms i the brain and blocks blood flowthrombosis
a plug forms in a larger vessel and moves to a smaller vesselembolism
wall of blood vessels thicken, usually due to fat depositsarteriosclerosis
blood leaks into the brain tissuehemorrhagic stroke
clot stops blood supply to an area of the brainischemic stroke
brain injury due to a blow that does not penetrate the skull - the brains collides with the skullclosed head injury
contusions are often on the side of the brain opposite of the blowcountercoup injury
damage to the cerebrovascular system; bruise formscontusion
disturbance on consciousness following a blow to the head and no evidence of structural damgeconcussion
chronic traumatic encephalophathy - a progressive degenerative disease of the brain often found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain traumawhat is CTE
inflammation of the brain due to invasion of microorganismsencephalitis
lewe bodies and other lesionsrabies
muscular weakness - can occurs 3-30 years after getting syphilis - people with this infection can have personality or mood changesgeneral paresis
form of neurosyphilis pain in the limbs or abdomens, failure to contract muscles, and bladder disturbances. can occur anywhere from 5-50 years after initial syphilis infectiontabes dorsalis
chronic insanity produced by a neurotoxintoxic psychosis
lead poisoningcrack pots
mercury poisoningmad hatter
most neuropsychological diseases of genetic origin are associated with recessive genesgenetic factor
simplex and complextwo types of partial epilepsies
petit mal and grand maltwo types of generalized epilepsies
seizuresprimary symptoms of epilepsy
their own brain dysfunctioncause of epileptics to have seizures
motor seizuresconvulsion seizures
genes, spiked temperature, and brain damage3 causes of convulsion seizures
does not involve the whole brainpartial epilepsy
involves the whole braingeneralized epilepsy
motor and sensorysymptoms of partial-simplex seizure
temporal lobelocation of complex seizures
loss of consciousness and equilibriumsymptoms of a grand mal seizure
disruption of consciousness associated with a cessation of ongoing behaviorpetit mal seize
tonusrigidity
clonustemors
associated with degeneration of the substantia nigra; these neurons release dopamine to the striatum of the basal gangliaparkinson's disease
deep brain stimulation of sub-thalamic nucleusreduce symptoms of parkinson's
effective for tremor, slowness, rigidity, dystonia, and dyskinesia. commonly used for parkinson'ssub-thalamic nucleus stimulation
effective for tremor. often used to treat essential tremorthalamus stimulation (VIM)
effective for tremor, slowness, rigidity, dystonia, and dyskinesia. used to treat dystonia and parkinson'sglobus pallidus stimulation (GPi)
a progressive disease that involves damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leaving areas of the hared scar tissuemultiple sclerosis
visual disturbances, muscle weakness, numbness, tremors, loss of motor coordinationsymptoms of multiple sclerosis
nerofibrility tangles and amyloid plaquesmust see this to diagnose alzheimer's
decline in acetylcholine levelsearliest sign of AD
experimentally induced seizure activitykindling model of epilepsy
mice producing human amyloidtransgenic mouse model of alzheimer's
drug-induced damage comparable to that seen in PDMPTP model of parkinson's