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  2. Brain injury - Wikipedia

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    The brain damage caused by radiation depends on where the brain tumor is located, the amount of radiation used, and the duration of the treatment. Radiosurgery can also lead to tissue damage that results in about 1 in 20 patients requiring a second operation to remove the damaged tissue.

  3. Neurasthenia - Wikipedia

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    Van Deusen associated the condition with farm wives made sick by isolation and a lack of engaging activity; Beard connected the condition to busy society women and overworked businessmen. Neurasthenia was a diagnosis in the World Health Organization 's ICD-10 , but deprecated, and thus no more diagnosable, in ICD-11 .

  4. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e ...

  5. Effects of stress on memory - Wikipedia

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    Stress can cause acute and chronic changes in certain brain areas which can cause long-term damage. [4] Over-secretion of stress hormones most frequently impairs long-term delayed recall memory, but can enhance short-term, immediate recall memory. This enhancement is particularly relative in emotional memory.

  6. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue [1] caused by immediate physical stress. Injuries to humans can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or overexertion. Injuries can occur in any part of the body, and different symptoms are ...

  7. Neurological disorder - Wikipedia

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    The specific causes of neurological problems vary but can include genetic disorders, congenital abnormalities or disorders, infections, lifestyle, or environmental health problems such as pollution, malnutrition, brain damage, spinal cord injury, nerve injury, or gluten sensitivity (with or without intestinal damage or digestive symptoms).

  8. Traumatic brain injury - Wikipedia

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    It is the number one cause of coma, [169] it plays the leading role in disability due to trauma, [76] and is the leading cause of brain damage in children and young adults. [15] In Europe it is responsible for more years of disability than any other cause. [10] It also plays a significant role in half of trauma deaths. [23]

  9. Primary and secondary brain injury - Wikipedia

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    Secondary brain injury occurs gradually and may involve an array of cellular processes. [1] [2] Secondary injury, which is not caused by mechanical damage, can result from the primary injury or be independent of it. [3] The fact that people sometimes deteriorate after brain injury was originally taken to mean that secondary injury was occurring ...

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