Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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AKA Lou Gehrig's Disease degenerative disease of the motor nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord
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Alzheimer's Disease
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Form of dementia degeneration of brain structure that leads to impairment of memory, cognition and personality
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Amnesia
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Memory disturbance
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Analgesic
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Medication that relieves pain
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anesthesia
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Absence of normal sensation
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Anesthesiologist
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Physician who specializes in administering anesthetic agents and monitors patient during surgery
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Anesthetist
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Professional who administers anesthetics - not necessarily a physician
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anticonvulsant
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Medication that prevents seizures and convulsions
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Anxiety disorders
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Characterized by anxiety or fear out of proportion to real danger
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Aphasia
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Loss of the ability to speak, write and or comprehend the written or spoken word
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Arachnoids
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Second layer of meninges connected to the underlying layer with attachment strands
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autism
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Group of conditions in which a young child cannot develop normal social relationships
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Axon
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Long projection that carries impulses away from the cell body of a neuron End in Terminal End Fibers
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Bell's Palsy
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Temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve Causes facial drooping
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Bipolar disorders
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Disorders characterized by the occurrence of manic or hypomanic episodes alternating with depressive episodes
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Causalgia
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Persistent, severe, burning pain following injury to a sensory nerve
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