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Originally, the term was created to distinguish physical (termed "organic") causes of mental impairment from psychiatric (termed "functional") disorders, but during the era when this distinction was drawn, not enough was known about brain science (including neuroscience, cognitive science, neuropsychology, and mind-brain correlation) for this ...
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.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome; Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia; Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer syndrome; Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome; Hero syndrome; Heyde's syndrome; High-rise syndrome; HIV/AIDS; Holiday heart syndrome; Holt–Oram syndrome ...
Psychoorganic syndrome is a combination of various symptoms that are caused by organic changes in the brain. [5] The exact component of the solvents that causes the neurological disorder is difficult to isolate due to worker generally being exposed to mixtures of various grades, compositions, and purity of solvents.
Nervous system diseases, also known as nervous system or neurological disorders, refers to a small class of medical conditions affecting the nervous system.This category encompasses over 600 different conditions, including genetic disorders, infections, cancer, seizure disorders (such as epilepsy), conditions with a cardiovascular origin (such as stroke), congenital and developmental disorders ...
"We see odd neurological syndromes from time to time... sometimes we figure them out, sometimes we don’t,” said one researcher.
Experts explain if cell phones cause brain cancer. After a WHO-commissioned report, oncologists weigh in on cell phone radiation’s effects on the human body. Scientists Determine Once and for ...
Mitochondrial encephalopathy: Metabolic disorder caused by dysfunction of mitochondrial DNA. Can affect many body systems, particularly the brain and nervous system. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy, rare disease that occurs following a viral infection. Glycine encephalopathy: A genetic metabolic disorder involving excess production of glycine.