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  Traumatic brain injury

  Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. With mild TBI, the patient may ... > more
• Healthy Aging
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  Local anesthetic

  A local anesthetic is a drug that reversibly inhibits the propagation of signals along nerves. When it is used on specific nerve pathways, effects such as analgesia (loss of pain sensation) and ... > more
• Thyroid Disease
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  Hypothyroidism

  Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being ... > more
• Depression
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Psychiatry
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  Clinical depression

  Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living. The diagnosis may ... > more
• Medical Devices
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  Today's Healthcare
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  Nuclear medicine

  Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and therapy. These substances consist of radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that ... > more
• Nervous System
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  Brain Injury
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  Molecular Biology
  Cell Biology
   
  

  Neuron

  Neurons (also known as neurones, nerve cells and nerve fibers) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that function to process and transmit information. In vertebrate animals, neurons ... > more
• Nutrition
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  Organic Chemistry
  Obesity
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  Carbohydrate

  Carbohydrates are chemical compounds that contain oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms. They consist of monosaccharide sugars of varying chain lengths and that have the general chemical formula ... > more
• Batteries
  Alternative Fuels
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Healthy Aging
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  Chemistry
   
  

  Lithium

  Lithium is the chemical element with symbol Li and atomic number 3. In the periodic table, it is located in group 1, among the alkali metals. Lithium in its pure form is a soft, silver white metal, ... > more
• Vitamin A
  Nutrition
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  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
   
  

  Carrot

  The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in colour with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. Beta carotene, a dimer of Vitamin A, is abundant in the carrot and ... > more
• Nervous System
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  Psychology Research
  Hormone Disorders
  Sports Medicine
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  Hypothalamus

  In mammals, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to regulate certain metabolic ... > more

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