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Neoplastic, inflammatory, infectious, and other diseases of the hypothalamus. Clinical manifestations include appetite disorders; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS; behavioral symptoms related to dysfunction of the…
Condition in which a person loses the ability to hear due to exposure to high intensity sound. Wikidata entity Q1475712; linked MeSH descriptor D006317. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease encompasses a group of disorders called hereditary sensory and motor neuropathies that damage the peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles and to sensory cells that…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects your brain and spinal cord, also called the central nervous system. MS damages myelin, the protective coating around your nerve cells. Myelin helps nerves send messages quickly. When…
Background: Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is considered to be a significant pathological hallmark and a driving force of Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD dementia (PDD) occurs in a substantial number of PD patients. Naturally…
Bibliographic record: The journal of headache and pain (2025 Feb 20). PMID 39979846. DOI 10.1186/s10194-025-01973-w.
An autosomal disorder of the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems limited to individuals of Ashkenazic Jewish descent. Clinical manifestations are present at birth and include diminished lacrimation, defective thermoregulation,…
Horse disease. Wikidata entity Q18553951; linked MeSH descriptor D020242. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.
Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic disorder characterized by weakness and wasting (atrophy) in muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles). It is caused by a loss of specialized nerve cells, called motor neurons that control muscle…
A stroke happens when there is a loss of blood flow to part of the brain. Your brain cells cannot get the oxygen and nutrients they need from blood, and they start to die within a few minutes. This can cause lasting brain damage,…
BackgroundMigraine and epilepsy are both episodic disorders, with some overlapping symptoms, mechanisms and therapies. Clinically, there is a comorbid relationship between them. Some migraine patients may exhibit epileptic discharges…
Bibliographic record: Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas (2024). PMID 39607205. DOI 10.1590/1414-431X2024e14094.
Benign and malignant neoplastic processes that arise from or secondarily involve the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord.
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type III (HSAN-III), is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system which affects the development and survival of sensory. Wikidata entity Q2325854; linked MeSH descriptor D004402. Includes…
Friedreich ataxia is a genetic condition that affects the nervous system and causes movement problems. People with this condition develop impaired muscle coordination (ataxia) that worsens over time. Other features of this condition…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a nervous system disease that attacks nerve cells called neurons in your brain and spinal cord. These neurons transmit messages from your brain and spinal cord to your voluntary muscles - the…
Clinics. 2021-02-01. Open-access article.
Bibliographic record: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020 Oct). PMID 32358706. DOI 10.1007/s10072-020-04407-4.
Childhood-onset of recurrent headaches with an oculomotor cranial nerve palsy. Typically, ABDUCENS NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; and TROCHLEAR NERVE are involved with DIPLOPIA and BLEPHAROPTOSIS.
Vision deficient in acuity, field of vision or motility. Wikidata entity Q2634782; linked MeSH descriptor D015354. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.
Rett syndrome is a brain disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls. The most common form of the condition is known as classic Rett syndrome. After birth, girls with classic Rett syndrome have 6 to 18 months of apparently normal…
Dementia is a loss of mental functions that is severe enough to affect your daily life and activities. These functions include: • Memory • Language skills • Visual perception (your ability to make sense of what you see) • Problem…
Pembrolizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) receptor on T-cells, thereby enhancing the antitumor immune response. Pembrolizumab has been shown to improve survival in various cancers,…
Bibliographic record: Acta neuropathologica (2024 Mar 13). PMID 38478117. DOI 10.1007/s00401-024-02688-z.
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