Pathology and Disease
inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory, or other sensations
What is Agnosia?
recording of electrical activity in the brain
What is an Electroencephalography (EEG)?
Cryosurgery
What is a technique that exposes abnormal tissue to extreme cold to destroy it?
absence of some or all of the fetal brain (congenital)
What is Anencephaly?
recording of electrical signals occurring in a muscle with rest or contraction
What is an Electromyography (EMG)?
Stereotactic radiosurgery
What is a precisely focused 3D radiation beam?
Asthenia
What is weakness, debility, loss of strength?
needle puncture of the spinal cavity to extract cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic purposes
What is a Lumbar puncture?
Thalamotomy
What is an incision into the thalamus?
Dyslexia
What is an inability to learn & process written language?
test that measures the speed at which impulses travel through a nerve
What is a Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test?
Tractotomy
What is an incision in a nerve tract?
Hydrocephalus
What is the accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain?
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis
What is a Laboratory test to examine a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord that helps diagnose disorders of the central nervous system?
Ventriculoperitoneal shunting
What is a procedure that relieves intracranial pressure linked to hydrocephalus?