NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS A3

Hemiparesis
1. Weakness on one side of the body.
2. Caused by spinal cord injuries that damage nerves
Werdnig-Hoffmann Syndrome
1. Hereditary degenerative
2. Neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord
3. cranial nerves
Ataxic gait
1. Person walks unsteadily without proper coordination
2. Caused by lesions in the cerebellum , cerebellar pathways - hall -spinal , laces posteriore
Hyperkinesia
1. increased voluntary movements that become involuntary movements
2. lesion in the extrapyramidal system or basal ganglia
Choreoathetosis
1. uncontrolled and involuntary body movements on Multiple Zones
2. Caused by a disorder of extrapyramidal motor pathways
Transverse myelitis
1. caused by inflammation on both sides of a level , or spinal cord segmenl
2. Can damage or destroy myelin
Septo-optic dysplasia
1. Absence of septum pellucidum with hypoplastic optic tracts
Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
1. Is characterized by perivascular necrosis , demyelination perivascular and focal hemorrhages , edema and infiltrates inflammatory .
ICTUS
1. sudden disorder of brain circulation, which alters the function of a specific brain region
Cerebral ischemia
1. interruption of supply blood to the brain

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