A physician who studies and treats disorders of the mind
What is PSYCHIATRIST?
200
Inflammation of the Brain
What is Encephalitis
200
Inflammation of the Meninges
What is Meningitis?
200
Insertion of a needle into the subarachnoid space usually between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.
What is LUMBAR PUNCTURE (SPINAL TAP)?
200
Condition of without speaking
What is APHASIA?
200
Abnormal condition of the mind characterized by extreme derangement, often with delusions and hallucinations
What is PSYCHOSIS?
300
Nerve Weakness
What is Neurasthenia?
300
Tumor composed of developing glial tissue
What is GLIOMA?
300
Process that includes the use of a computer to produce a series of brain tissue images at any desired depth
What is CT scan?
300
hardening of the brain
What is ENCEPHALOSCLEROSIS?
300
Compulsive eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or ice
What is PICA?
400
Degenerative Disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the brain and spinal cord
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
400
Viral Disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin that follow the course of the affected nerves
What is SHINGLES (Herpes Zoster)?
400
An imaging technique with a radioactive substance that produces sectional imaging of the brain to examine blood flow and metabolic activity
What is POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET Scan)?
400
(occurring) after a seizure or attack
What is POSTICTAL?
400
An emotional disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising typically from the anticipation of unreal or imagined danger
What is ANXIETY DISORDER?
500
Progressive Muscle Atrophy caused by hardening of nerve tisue on the lateral columns of the spinal cord
What is Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) a.k.a. Lou Gehrig disease
500
Condition characterized by lack of muscle control and partial paralysis, caused by a brain defect or lesion present at birth or shortly after
What is CEREBRAL PALSY
500
A group of diagnostic tests that measure changes and responses in brain waves elicited bu visual, auditory, or somatosensory stimuli.
What is Evoked Potential Studies (EP studies)?
500
Fainting or sudden loss of consciousness caused by lack of blood supply to the cerebrum
What is SYNCOPE?
500
an episode of sudden onset of acute anxiety, occuring unpredicatably, with feelings of acute apprehension, dypnea, dizziness, sweating, and/or chest pain, fear of dying, loss of mind or control