Nervous system

• chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
  9 March 2009

  CIDP

• glutamate synapse
  22 April 2008

  See also
  synapses

• apoptosis in nervous system
  21 April 2008

  References
  Nijhawan D, Honarpour N, Wang X. Apoptosis in neural development and disease. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2000;23:73-87. PMID: #10845059#

• progressive paralytic neurodegenerative diseases
  20 April 2008

  progressive paralytic neurodegenerative disorders

• primary lateral sclerosis
  20 April 2008

  Although primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (MIM.105400), they are considered to be clinically distinct progressive paralytic neurodegenerative disorders.
  Following a period of diagnostic confusion, the clinical distinction between ALS and PLS became clear and diagnostic criteria were established.
  PLS is characterized by degeneration of the upper motor neurons and the corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts, whereas ALS is a more severe (...)

• caudal dysplasia with agenesis of lower limbs
  25 March 2008

  Etiology
  maternal diabetes
  See also
  caudal dysplasia
  lower limb agenesis

• axon regeneration
  20 February 2008

  References
  Harel NY, Strittmatter SM. Can regenerating axons recapitulate developmental guidance during recovery from spinal cord injury? Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006 Aug;7(8):603-16. PMID: #16858389#

• peripheral neurons
  20 February 2008

  Peripheral neurons consist of a cell body and a long process, or axon, which may lead one meter in length.
  Short segments of the axon are wrapped with an insulating myelin sheath formed by Schwann cells.
  Axons are grouped together into fascicles, several of which are enclosed in the epineurium (a sheath of connective tissue) to form a peripheral nerve.
  The major types of peripheral neurons are sensory or afferent neurons, which are responsible from stimulus reception, and motor or (...)

• retrograde signaling
  22 January 2008

  In many regions of the nervous system, signals produced by target cells and surrounding glia or in response to injury are received at axon terminals and then retrogradely propagated to cell bodies where they regulate gene transcription and other cellular processes required for development and adult function.
  The cellular and molecular mechanisms of axonal retrograde signaling in neurons have traditionally been studied in the context of survival signals provided by target-derived (...)

• iniencephaly
  20 December 2007

  Definition: In iniencephaly, dysraphia in the occipital region is accompanied by severe retroflexion of the neck and trunk.
  See also
  neural tube defects (NTDs) encephalocele

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