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• Anger Management
  Disorders and Syndromes
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Anger

  Anger is a term for the emotional aspect of aggression, as a basic aspect of the stress response in animals in which a perceived aggravating stimulus "provokes" a counterresponse which is likewise ... > more
• Insomnia Research
  Insomnia
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Sleep deprivation

  Sleep deprivation is an overall lack of the necessary amount of sleep. A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual. Sleep ... > more
• Perception
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
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  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Synesthesia

  Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae) is a neurological condition in which two or more bodily senses are coupled. In a form of synesthesia known as ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Stem Cells
  Healthy Aging
  Lymphoma
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Axon

  An axon, or nerve fiber, is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body or soma. Axons are in effect the primary ... > 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
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Healthy Aging
  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
• Hearing Impairment
  Hearing Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Disability
  Perception
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Hearing impairment

  A hearing impairment is a decrease in one's ability to hear (i.e. perceive auditory information). While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Sports Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
  Pain Control
   

  Aromatherapy

  Aromatherapy,, commonly associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is the use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Insomnia Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Rapid eye movement

  Rapid eye movement (REM) is the stage of sleep characterized by rapid saccadic movements of the eyes. During this stage, the activity of the brain's neurons is quite similar to that during waking ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Psychology Research
  Hormone Disorders
  Sports Medicine
  Gynecology
   
  

  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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