neuropeptide
Short protein-like messengers used by nerve cells for slower, longer-lasting signals than ordinary neurotransmitters send.
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133 matchesneuropsychology
A scan shows structure, while neuropsychological testing shows what a person can actually do, and the two often disagree.
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Neuroradiologists interpret imaging of the brain, spine, and nervous system and often perform minimally invasive procedures guided by those same images.
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A doctor who specializes in surgery on the brain, spine, and other parts of the nervous system.
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Neurotoxicity refers to damage to nerve tissue caused by exposure to a toxic substance, whether a chemical, drug, or naturally occurring toxin.
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A neurotoxin is a substance that damages or disrupts the normal function of nerve cells or the nervous system.
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Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers released by nerve cells to relay signals across the small gaps separating one nerve cell from another or from a muscle.
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An ability to invade and live in neural tissue.
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A genetic condition in which tumors form on the nerves of the inner ear and cause loss of hearing and balance.
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A weakened patch of artery wall stretched outward by the pressure inside it, usually silent until the day it is not.
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A protein found in the outer coat of paramyxoviruses.
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Perineural describes a location or process occurring around a nerve, most often used to describe the spread of cancer cells along nerve pathways.
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A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle weakness in different parts of the body.
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A type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue.
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A nerve that has become thick and misshapen due to the abnormal growth of cells and tissues that cover the nerve.
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An older label for damage affecting many nerves at once, kept mainly where inflammation is genuinely the cause.
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One of a group of cancers that develop from the same type of early cells, and share certain biochemical and genetic features.
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Damping dopamine quiets hallucinations and delusions, but the same block reaches movement and hormone pathways, which is where the side effects begin.
Read definitionbrachial plexopathy
The pattern of what is weak and what is numb points to where along the nerve network the trouble actually sits.
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A slow neuroendocrine tumor named for looking less dangerous than cancer, a description that has not aged well.
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