Medical Transcription Neurology / Neurosurgery Terms - For Medical Transcriptionists:
abasia
absence seizures
acalculia
acaudal
accessory nerve
acetylcholine
acoustic schwannoma
afebrile seizure
afferent nerves
Alzheimer dementia
Alzheimer disease
amplitude
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS)
anencephaly
aneurysm
aphasia
apraxia
arachnoid foramen
arachnoid membrane
astasia
astrocyte
astrocytoma
ataxia
ataxic gait
atonic seizure
aura
autonomic nervous system
axon
axon reflex
Babinski reflex
Babinski sign
Babinski syndrome
bacterial meningitis
Bell palsy
blood-brain barrier
bradykinesia
brain stem OR brainstem
brain wave
brainstem astrocytoma
Broca aphasia
Broca convolution
Broca fissure
Brudzinski sign
bulldog response
cardioembolic stroke
carotid plexus
cauda equina
cephalalgia
cephalgia
cerebellar
cerebellopontine (or CP)
cerebellum
cerebral angiography
cerebral brucellosis
cerebral concussion
cerebral cortex
cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral palsy
cerebral poliomyelitis
cerebral ventricle
cerebrospinal fluid (or CSF)
cerebrospinal fluid analysis
cerebrovascular accident
cerebrum
cervical radiculopathy
clonic seizure
closed head injury
cognitive deficit
coma
comatose
community-acquired bacterial meningitis
convolution
corpus callosum
cranial nerves (I-XII)
craniostenosis
craniosynostosis
craniotomy
cystic encephalomalacia
delirium
delirium tremens (or DT)
dementia
demyelination
dendrite
dense hemiparesis
dense hemiplegia
diplegia
dopamine
dopamine agonist
dura mater
dyslexia
echoencephalography
efferent nerves
embolic stroke
embolism
encephalitis
encephalomalacia
encephalopathy
epidural hematoma
epilepsy
epileptic seizure
event recall
evoked seizure
expressive aphasia
festinating gait
fissure
flaccid paralysis
foramen
foraminal
fornix
fourth ventricle
frontal lobe
galea
galea aponeurotica
ganglia
ganglion
ganglionectomy
giant cell astrocytoma
glioblastoma multiforme
glioma
grand mal seizure
gray matter
Guillain-Barré polyneuritis
Guillain-Barré syndrome
gyri
gyrus
hemianencephaly
hemianopia
hemiparesis
hemiplegia
hemorrhagic stroke
Huntington chorea
hydrocephalus
hyperesthesia
hyperkinesis
hypophysis
hypothalamus
intrathecal
Jolly reaction
lacunar stroke
laminectomy
leptomeningitis
lumbar puncture
lumbosacral radiculopathy
median nerve
medulla oblongata
meningeal
meninges
meningioma
meningitis
meningomyelocele
microglial cell
mild dementia
monoplegia
motor impairment
MRA
MRI
multiinfarct dementia
multiple sclerosis (or MS)
myasthenia gravis
myasthenic reaction
myelin sheath
myelogram
narcolepsy
neuralgia
neurological deficit
neuron
neuropathy
neurotransmitter
new-onset seizure
normocephalic
occipital lobe
orthostatic syncope
palsy
paraplegia
paresis
paresthesia
parietal lobe
parietooccipital fissure
Parkinson disease
peripheral nervous system
petit mal seizures
pia mater
piloid astrocytoma
poliomyelitis
polyneuritis
pons
postictal paresis
quadriplegia
radiculitis
radiculopathy
residual hemiparesis
Romberg sign
Romberg test
schwannoma
sciatic nerve
secondary seizure
seizure activity
senile delirium
senile dementia
senile tremor
sensory ataxia
sensory evoked potential
sensory impairment
shearing injury
somatosensory aura
somatosensory evoked potential
spastic hemiparesis
spastic hemiplegia
spastic quadriplegia
spina bifida
staphylococcal meningitis
stellate astrocyte
stereotactic neurosurgery
stimulus
subclinical seizure
sulci
sulcus
sylvian fissure
sympathetic nerves
synapse
synapse loss
syncopal
syncope
tandem stance
TBI or traumatic brain injury
thalamic
thalamus
thecal
thecal sac
thrombosis
titubation
tonic-clonic seizures
t-PA (tissue plasminogen activator)
transient hemiparesis
transient ischemic attack or TIA
trephination
tuberculous meningitis
vagal
vagotomy
vagovagal
vasovagal epilepsy
vasovagal syncope
venous thrombosis
ventricle of brain
vestibular schwannoma
viral meningitis
visual reflex epilepsy
visuospatial
vocal cord paralysis
waddling gait
Wernicke aphasia
whiplash injury
white matter
wide-necked aneurysm
Wolf-Orton bodies
Wolman disease
woodcutter's encephalitis
wormian bones
