Brain - Abnormalities
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Neurologic aspects of MECP2 gene duplication in male patients.

30 Aug 2009 Duplications in Xq28 involving the methyl CpG binding protein 2 gene (MECP2) have been described in male patients with severe mental disability, delayed milestones, absence of language, hypotonia replaced by spasticity and retractions, and recurrent ... Read more...

Neuropsychological changes after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults. Case report.

30 Jul 2009 A 39-year-old woman presented with long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults (LOVA) manifesting as gradually worsening headache. Past history included treatment for myeloschisis at birth. Intelligence quotient (IQ) was 115 and preoperative ... Read more...

Evaluation of fetal cerebrovascular circulation and brain development: the role of ultrasound and Doppler.

30 Jul 2009 The human fetal brain is protected from pressure changes by autoregulation of the cerebral circulation. However, antenatal intrauterine cerebrovascular events are found to play an important role in the pathogenesis of perinatal brain damage. Changes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Brain - Abnormalities'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cobblestone-like brain dysgenesis and altered glycosylation in congenital cutis laxa, Debré type. 4 Oct 2009
• Neurologic aspects of MECP2 gene duplication in male patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Familial congenital mirror movements: report of a large 4-generation family. 30 Aug 2009
• Neuropsychological changes after endoscopic third ventriculostomy for long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults. Case report. 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of fetal cerebrovascular circulation and brain development: the role of ultrasound and Doppler. 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnostic pitfalls in fetal brain MRI. 30 Jul 2009
• Fetal magnetic resonance imaging of acquired and developmental brain anomalies. 30 Jul 2009
• Expression patterns of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-delta in epilepsy-associated lesional pathologies. 30 Jul 2009
• Bilateral visual field maps in a patient with only one hemisphere. 18 Jul 2009
• Drosophila MUS312 and the vertebrate ortholog BTBD12 interact with DNA structure-specific endonucleases in DNA repair and recombination. 8 Jul 2009
• PHACE syndrome: current knowledge, future directions. 29 Jun 2009
• Conceptualizing autism: the role for emergence. 29 Jun 2009
• [Epidemiological study of cerebral palsy in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, during 1977-2000. Part 2: etiologies and risk factors of cerebral palsy in Shiga prefecture] 29 Jun 2009
• Band-like intracranial calcification (BIC), microcephaly and malformation of brain development: a distinctive form of congenital infection like syndromes. 29 Jun 2009
• Schizencephaly in LEOPARD syndrome. 29 Jun 2009
• MKS3-related ciliopathy with features of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, nephronophthisis, and Joubert Syndrome. 19 Jun 2009
• Haploinsufficiency of the murine polycomb gene Suz12 results in diverse malformations of the brain and neural tube. 15 Jun 2009
• Association of preterm birth with brain malformations. 30 May 2009
• MRSI and DTI: a multimodal approach for improved detection of white matter abnormalities in alcohol and nicotine dependence. 30 May 2009
• Founder Fukutin mutation causes Walker-Warburg syndrome in four Ashkenazi Jewish families. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Brain'

Definition: The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.

Descriptor UI: D001921

Alternative terms: Brain; Brains; Encephalon; Encephalons;

Related Mesh Headings: Cerebral Decortication; Psychosurgery;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; ultrastructure; virology;

Tree Number: A08.186.211;

Online Note: pre-explosion = BRAIN (PX)

History Note: /enzymology was BRAIN ENZYMOLOGY 1964-65; /physiology was BRAIN PHYSIOLOGY 1965; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY was heading 1964-65

Technical Notes: general; /blood supply: consider also CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL SINUSES; /cytol: do not routinely convert to NEURONS; /surg: consider specific neurosurgical procedures in Category E4; inflammation = ENCEPHALITIS & its specifics; infarct = CEREBRAL INFARCTION; malacia = ENCEPHALOMALACIA; brain-isolated, encéphale isolé, cerveau isolé: index DECEREBRATE STATE