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- absence seizures
- acetylcholine
- afferent nerves
- Alzheimer's disease/dementia
- amplitude
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- analgesia
- anencephaly
- anesthesia
- aneurysm
- anopia
- aphasia
- apraxia
- arachnoid membrane
- astrocyte
- astrocytoma
- ataxia
- aura
- autonomic nervous system
- axon
- Babinski's reflex
- Bell's palsy
- blood-brain barrier
- bradykinesia
- brainstem or brain stem
- Brudzinski's sign
- bulldog sign
- cauda equina
- causalgia
- cephalalgia
- cephalgia
- cerebellar
- cerebellopontine
- cerebellum
- cerebral angiography
- cerebral concussion
- cerebral cortex
- cerebral hemorrhage
- cerebral palsy
- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- cerebrospinal fluid analysis
- cerebrovascular accident
- cerebrum
- Chaddock's sign
- coma
- comatose
- convolution
- corpus callosum
- corpus quadrigeminus
- cranial nerves I-XII
- craniostenosis
- craniostosis (craniostoses)
- craniosynostosis
- craniotomy
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)
- dementia
- demyelination
- dendrite
- diplegia
- dopamine
- dura mater
- dyslexia
- echoencephalography
- efferent nerves
- embolism
- encephalitis
- encephalomalacia
- encephalopathy
- epidural hematoma
- epilepsy
- FABER (flexion, abduction, and external rotation)
- fissure
- foramen
- foraminal
- fornix
- fourth ventricle
- galea
- galea aponeurotica
- ganglia
- ganglion
- ganglionectomy
- glioblastoma multiforme
- glioma
- grand mal seizure
- gray matter
- gyri
- gyrus
- hemianopia
- hemianencephaly
- hemiparesis
- hemiplegia
- herpes zoster
- Horner's syndrome
- Horner-Bernard syndrome
- Huntington's chorea
- hydrocephalus
- hyperesthesia
- hyperkinesis
- hypophysis
- hypothalamus
- intrathecal
- Kernig's sign
- laminectomy
- leptomeningitis
- lumbar puncture
- magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- magnetic resonance neurography (MRN)
- median aperture of the fourth ventricle
- median nerve
- medulla oblongata
- meningeal
- meninges
- meningioma
- meningitis
- meningomyelocele
- microglial cell
- monoplegia
- MRA (magnetic resonance angiography)
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- MRN (magnetic resonance neurography)
- multiple sclerosis
- myasthenia gravis
- myelin sheath
- myelogram
- myoneural
- narcolepsy
- neuralgia
- neurasthenia
- neuroanastomosis
- neuroblastoma
- neuroglia
- neuron
- neuropathy
- neurotransmitter
- normocephalic
- palliative
- palsy
- paraplegia
- parasympathetic nerves
- paresis
- paresthesia
- Parkinson's disease
- peduncle
- peripheral nervous system
- petit mal seizures
- Phalen's maneuver/sign/test
- pia mater
- plexus
- poliomyelitis
- polyneuritis
- pons
- positron emission tomography
- quadriplegia
- radiculitis
- radiculopathy
- Romberg's test
- sciatic nerve
- sciatica augmentation test
- shingles
- spina bifida
- stereotaxis neurosurgery
- stimulus
- Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome
- Sturge's syndrome
- Sturge-Weber syndrome
- sulci
- sulcus
- sympathetic nerves
- synapse
- syncopal
- syncope
- tandem stance
- thalamic
- thalamus
- theca (thecae)
- theca tendinis
- theca vertebralis
- thecal
- thrombosis
- TIA (transient ischemic attack)
- Tinel's sign
- titubation
- tonic-clonic seizures
- transient ischemic attack (TIA)
- Trendelenburg's sign/symptom
- trephination
- vagal
- vagotomy
- vagovagal
- ventricles of the brain
- vertex compression
- white matter