neurological disease

injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.

any disorder or disease of the brain

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch

abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements

any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles

thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs

a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts

a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned

harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness

a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

inability to make purposeful movements

sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children

nervous disorder of late childhood and early adulthood; characterized by ataxic gait and hesitating or explosive speech and nystagmus

involuntary rolling of the tongue and twitching of the face or trunk or limbs; often occurs in patients with Parkinsonism who are treated with phenothiazine

a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect

chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever

a nervous disorder characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance; popularly attributed to bite of the southern European tarantula or wolf spider

a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion

a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner

inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

inability to recognize objects by use of the senses

rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control

repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)

hereditary disease; develops in adulthood and ends in dementia

acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver

inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism