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  Brain damage

  Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain damage may occur due to a wide range of conditions, illnesses, or injuries. Possible causes of widespread ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Hypertension
  Triglycerides
  Nervous System
   

  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
• Hormone Disorders
  Psychology Research
  Nervous System
  Menopause
  Thyroid Disease
  Prostate Cancer
   
  

  Pituitary gland

  The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea that sits in the small, bony cavity at the base of the brain. The anterior pituitary secretes growth hormone, ... > more
• Neuroscience
  Intelligence
  Brain Tumor
  Medical Imaging
  Nervous System
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Functional neuroimaging

  Functional neuroimaging is the use of neuroimaging technology to measure an aspect of brain function, often with a view to understanding the relationship between activity in certain brain areas and ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Alzheimer's Research
  Parkinson's Research
  Birth Defects
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
   

  Huntington's disease

  The causative gene for Huntington's disease, HD, one of the first genes identified to cause an inherited disease, is located on chromosome 4. Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal ... > more
• Fitness
  Fibromyalgia
  Muscular Dystrophy
  Biology
  Life Sciences
  Neuropathy
   
  

  Muscle

  Muscle is the contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Its function is to produce force and cause motion, either locomotion or movement within ... > more
• Neuropathy
  Nervous System
  Eye Care
  Disability
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Oculomotor nerve

  The oculomotor nerve is the third of twelve paired cranial nerves. It controls most of the eye movements (cranical nerves IV and VI also do some), constriction of the pupil, and holding the eyelid ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Child Development
  Neuroscience
  Stem Cells
  Perception
   
  

  Neural development

  The study of neural development draws on both neuroscience and developmental biology to describe the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which complex nervous systems emerge during embryonic ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Breast Cancer
   

  Brain tumor

  A brain tumor is any intracranial mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either normally found in the brain itself: neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Thyroid Disease
  Human Biology
  Nervous System
  Menopause
  Psychology Research
   
  

  Endocrine system

  The endocrine system is a control system of ductless glands that secrete chemical messengers called hormones that circulate within the body via the bloodstream to affect distant organs. Hormones act ... > more

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