Brain - Physiopathology
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Friday, November 20, 2009

The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Attention-deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a frequent mental disorder with onset in childhood and persistence into adulthood in a sizeable number of people. Despite a rather simple clinical definition, ADHD has many facets ... Read more...

Zinc: the brain's dark horse.

30 Oct 2009 Zinc is a life-sustaining trace element, serving structural, catalytic, and regulatory roles in cellular biology. It is required for normal mammalian brain development and physiology, such that deficiency or excess of zinc has been shown to ... Read more...

Neurological mechanisms of migraine: potential of the gap-junction modulator tonabersat in prevention of migraine.

30 Oct 2009 Migraine is a neurovascular disorder characterized by recurrent episodic headaches, and is caused by abnormal processing of sensory information due to peripheral and/or central sensitization. The exact pathophysiological mechanism underlying ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Brain - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 30 Oct 2009
• Zinc: the brain's dark horse. 30 Oct 2009
• Neurological mechanisms of migraine: potential of the gap-junction modulator tonabersat in prevention of migraine. 30 Oct 2009
• Angelman syndrome: current understanding and research prospects. 30 Oct 2009
• Astrocyte-neuron interactions: implications for epilepsy. 18 Oct 2009
• Pearls & Oy-sters: the orbital bruit: a poor man's angiogram. 18 Oct 2009
• A coat of many colors: neuroimmune crosstalk in human immunodeficiency virus infection. 13 Oct 2009
• Innate and adaptive autoimmunity directed to the central nervous system. 13 Oct 2009
• Immune activation in brain aging and neurodegeneration: too much or too little? 13 Oct 2009
• Immune proteins in brain development and synaptic plasticity. 13 Oct 2009
• Immune influence on adult neural stem cell regulation and function. 13 Oct 2009
• Current challenges in glia-pain biology. 13 Oct 2009
• The stressed CNS: when glucocorticoids aggravate inflammation. 13 Oct 2009
• The promise of epidemiologic studies: neuroimmune mechanisms in the etiologies of brain disorders. 13 Oct 2009
• Harnessing immune alterations in neurodegenerative diseases. 13 Oct 2009
• Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: more prevalent than appreciated? 13 Oct 2009
• Neuroendocrine and immune influences on the CNS: it's a matter of sex. 13 Oct 2009
• Disruption of functional connectivity in clinically normal older adults harboring amyloid burden. 5 Oct 2009
• Blood pressure as a prognostic factor after acute stroke. 29 Sep 2009
• A neurocomputational model for cocaine addiction. 29 Sep 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