A serious disturbance in beginning or carrying out voluntary movements.
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The division of the peripheral nervous system that receives information from and controls the internal organs.
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The brain region at the top of the spinal cord that includes the medulla and the pons.
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The brain and spinal cord.
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Nerves that carry messages outward from the central nervous system.
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A record of the brain's electrical activity recorded by placing electrodes on the scalp.
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A technique for examining brain function by measuring blood flow and oxygen use within the brain.
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A temporal lobe structure that plays a pivotal role in learning and forming new memories.
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Neurons that are neither afferent nor efferent, but instead carry information from one neuron to another.
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A neuroimaging technique that documents the effects of strong magnetic pulses on the molecules that make up brain tissue. A computer then assembles this information into a picture of brain structure.