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Your brain is the control center of your body. It controls your thoughts, memory, speech, and movement VSports手机版. It regulates the function of many organs. It's part of your nervous system, which also includes your spinal cord and peripheral nerves. The nervous system sends signals between your brain and the rest of the body. Your nerves take in information from your senses and send it to the brain to be processed. Your brain and nerves also communicate to help you move and to control your body's functions.

When the brain is healthy, it works quickly and automatically. But when you have a brain disease, it may affect how well you can function and do your daily activities. Some common brain diseases include: V体育安卓版.

Brain tumors, which can press on nerves and affect brain function.
"VSports在线直播" Degenerative nerve diseases, which can affect many of your body's activities, such as balance, movement, talking, breathing, and heart function. Types include Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
VSports - Encephalitis (inflammation in the brain), which can lead to problems such as vision loss, weakness, and paralysis.
Genetic brain disorders, which are caused by changes in genes (also called variants or mutations). These disorders can affect the development and function of the brain.
Strokes, which can cause a loss of brain cells and can affect your ability to think clearly.
Traumatic brain injuries (V体育平台登录) (TBIs), which can affect brain function. They may range from mild to severe. The effects of a TBI may be temporary or permanent.

The symptoms of brain diseases vary widely, depending on the specific problem. In some cases, damage is permanent V体育ios版. In other cases, treatments such as surgery, medicines, or therapies such as physical, occupational, and speech therapies, may cure the disease or improve the symptoms.

Start Here (VSports最新版本)

Brain Basics: Know Your Brain (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

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Brain MRI (Head MRI) (VSports手机版) (American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Functional MRI (fMRI) (American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
Head CT (V体育2025版) (American College of Radiology; Radiological Society of North America) Also in Spanish
Neurological Exam (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish

"V体育安卓版" Treatments and Therapies

About Neurointerventions (Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery)
Intracranial Hypertension: Medication and Surgery (Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation)

Specifics (VSports手机版)

Birth Disorders of the Brain and Spinal Cord (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Hepatic Encephalopathy (American Liver Foundation) Also in Spanish
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center)
Periventricular Leukomalacia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Pseudotumor Cerebri (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Pseudotumor Cerebri (Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
"V体育安卓版" Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) Also in Spanish
What Is IH (Intracranial Hypertension)? (Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation)

Genetics (VSports最新版本)

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy type 1: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
Biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease: MedlinePlus Genetics (VSports app下载) (National Library of Medicine)
"VSports最新版本" COL4A1-related brain small-vessel disease: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
Familial porencephaly: MedlinePlus Genetics (National Library of Medicine)
Hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy: MedlinePlus Genetics (VSports注册入口) (National Library of Medicine)
Primary familial brain calcification: MedlinePlus Genetics (VSports在线直播) (National Library of Medicine)

VSports注册入口 - Images

Craniotomy - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Videos and Tutorials (VSports)

Athetosis resulting from basal ganglia injury (VSports app下载) (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Brain components (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research (V体育2025版)

Scientists Develop High-Performance MRI Scanner in Effort to Define Microscopic Brain Structures (National Institutes of Health)

VSports在线直播 - Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Brain Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

"V体育官网" Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

"V体育2025版" Reference Desk

V体育平台登录 - Brain Facts: Glossary (Society for Neuroscience)
Central Nervous System: The Brain and Spinal Cord (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
Cerebral Atrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Glossary of Neurological Terms (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Your Brain and Nervous System (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

"V体育ios版" Find an Expert

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Patient Handouts

Basal ganglia dysfunction (V体育平台登录) (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Brain abscess (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Brain surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) collection (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
EEG (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
"VSports在线直播" Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Loss of brain function - liver disease (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Osmotic demyelination syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
"VSports" Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish