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| The term for a fabricated or made-up word |
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| a component of Long Term Memory, the ability to recall events/information that occurred in the distant past (i.e. several years ago) |
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| inability to perform purposive movements although there is no sensory or motor impairment |
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| a common condition following brain damage in which patients fail to be aware of items to one side of space |
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| impairment in the expression and/or comprehension of language. |
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| small, involuntary contraction/relaxation "twitching" of muscles; usually harmless |
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| involuntary contractions/relaxation of muscles that looks like a tremor and is often a sign of immature nervous system in babies or irregularity in a person with a nervous system disorder |
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| extensive neglect and failure to recognize one’s own body paralysis. Results from lesions to the right hemisphere |
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| impairment in making smooth, rapid alternating movements of the extremities |
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| partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements |
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| occurs after the sole of the foot has been firmly stroked: the big toe moves upward and other toes fan outward |
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| a disturbance of the power to control the range of movement in muscular action |
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| a form of hypertonia with an involuntary variable resistance during passive movement |
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| a condition characterized by involuntary swinging or jerking movements, which is due to neurological damage |
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| the exciting of a single sensory neuron by incoming impulses from multiple other neurons (negative = outward deviation; position = inward deviation) |
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| difficulty with speech due to impairment of oral motor structures or musculature |
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| tingling sensation that can be found in the distal part of the nerve (not severe, usually just unpleasant) |
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| release/resistance in a quick, jerky movement, commonly seen in Parkinson's Disease |
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| a tremor that occurs when a limb is resting in a relaxed state, fully supported |
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| the repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder |
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| involuntary rapid movements of the eyes |
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| the tracking of one's eyes of a slowly moving object at a steady coordinated velocity rather than in saccades |
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| occurs during voluntary movement of a limb and increases as the limb gets closer to the goal. The tremor is a rhythmic oscillation of joints caused by alternating contractions. Tremor stops when limbs are at rest, sign of cerebellar damage |
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| a symptom characterized by slow, involuntary, convoluted, writhing movements of the fingers, hands, toes, and feet and in some cases, arms, legs, neck and tongue |
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| an electrical sensation that runs down the back into the limbs |
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| lack of muscular coordination (due to a neurological condition) |
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| visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects (double vision) |
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| a symptom of a possible neurological deficit identified by neurological test to detect poor balance. Specifically, it detects the inability to maintain a steady standing posture with the eyes closed. A positive result is excessive swaying or even falling over. |
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| the part of the neuron that brings information to the cell body |
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| the part of the neuron that takes information away from the cell body |
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| the junction between two neurons |
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| the two main divisions of the nervous system |
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the central nervous system and the peripheral
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| the area of the brain responsible for thought, language, and planning |
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| connects the right and left hemispheres of the brain |
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| the man who survived after an iron rod went through the frontal lobe of his brain in 1848 |
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| symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease |
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| memory loss, dementia, depression, social withdrawal; plaques and tangles |
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| a disease characterized as an electrical “brainstorm” |
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| A condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations |
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| A disease transmitted by ticks; has symptoms of joint pains, chills, fever and headache |
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| Has symptoms of weakness, paralysis, death of neurons in the motor cortex and spinal cord; named for a famous baseball player |
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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease) |
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| general term for someone who studies the nervous system |
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| A test that uses detection of radio frequency signals produced by displaced radio waves in a magnetic field |
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| A test that records electrical activity of the brain with scalp or brain electrodes |
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| A test that detects radioactive material that is injected or inhaled to produce an image of the brain |
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| A test that uses a series of X-ray beams passed through the head |
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| The lobe of the brain important for hearing |
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| Sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and umami |
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| Sensory receptors in the skin |
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| Free nerve endings, Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini endings |
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| The location of photoreceptors in the eye |
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