Nervous System Articles

• Hormone Disorders
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Wounds and Healing
  Prostate Cancer
   

  Androgen

  Androgen is the generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates ... > more
• Spintronics Research
  Neuropathy
  Osteoporosis
  Nervous System
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   

  Carpal tunnel

  In the human wrist there is a sheath of tough connective tissue which envelopes and protects one nerve and tendons, which attach muscles to the wrist and hand bones. The carpal tunnel is the space ... > more
• Lymphoma
  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Healthy Aging
  Nervous System
  Sports Medicine
  Immune System
   
  

  Lymph node

  Lymph nodes are components of the lymphatic system. Lymph nodes act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes that collect and destroy bacteria and ... > more
• Hearing Loss
  Disability
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Cosmetics
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Ear

  The ear is the sense organ that detects sound. The vertebrate ear shows a common biology from fish to humans, with variations in structure according to order and species. It not only acts as a ... > more
• Brain Injury
  Memory
  Intelligence
  Dementia
  PTSD
  Neuroscience
   

  Amnesia

  Amnesia (or amnaesia in Commonwealth English) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. The causes of amnesia are organic or functional. Organic causes include damage to the brain, through trauma ... > more
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Seizure

  Seizures are temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity. They can manifest as an alteration in mental state, ... > more
• Birth Defects
  Alcoholism
  Infant's Health
  Addiction
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

  Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) describes a spectrum of permanent and often devastating birth-defect syndromes caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during ... > more
• Parkinson's
  Parkinson's Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Caregiving
   

  Parkinson's disease

  Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans or PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra, an area in the basal ganglia of the brain. The disease involves a progressive disorder of the ... > more
• Kidney Disease
  Urology
  Human Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Women's Health
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Excretory system

  The excretory system is the system of an organism's body that performs the function of excretion, the bodily process of discharging wastes. The Excretory system is responsible for the elimination of ... > more
• Educational Psychology
  Language Acquisition
  Perception
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Intelligence
  Healthy Aging
   

  Dyslexia

  Developmental dyslexia is a condition or learning disability which causes difficulty with reading and writing. Its standard definition is a difficulty in reading and writing in spite of normal ... > more

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