Schizophrenia/Dementia Praecox: Emergence of the Concept — (See also Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts; Unitary Psychosis; Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway.) Schizophrenia remains among the most puzzling of all diseases in psychiatry because there is no single symptom… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Manic-Depressive Illness — (Bipolar Disorder) Before 1850, numerous physicians had commented on the alternation of mania and melancholia. In 1844, Karl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (1775–1858), chief physician of Siegburg asylum in Germany, noted that Exaltation and… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Enfermedad de Alzheimer — Para el neurólogo que dio nombre a la enfermedad, véase Alois Alzheimer. Enfermedad de Alzheimer … Wikipedia Español
Schizophrenia: Emergence — (See also Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts; Unitary Psychosis; Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway.) Schizophrenia remains among the most puzzling of all diseases in psychiatry because there is no single symptom… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
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Tau protein — Tau proteins are microtubule associated proteins that are abundant in neurons in the central nervous system and are less common elsewhere. They were discovered in 1975 in Marc Kirschner s laboratory at Princeton University… … Wikipedia
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Maladie d'Alzheimer — Classification et ressources externes Comparaison d un cerveau normal âgé (gauche) et du cerveau d un patient atteint d une maladie d Alzheimer (droite). CIM … Wikipédia en Français
Nervous system — Nerve redirects here. For other uses, see Nerve (disambiguation). This article is about the nervous system. For parts of the nervous system commonly called nerves, see Peripheral nerve. Nervous system The Human N … Wikipedia
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