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There are currently 26 names in this directory beginning with the letter M.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This radiological study, also known as and MRI, produces a detailed, three-dimensional image. An MRI allows precise mapping of the physical shape of the brain and tissues of the brain. An MRI uses magnets and a magnetic field.
Magnetoencephalography
This neuro diagnostic test, also known as MEG, involved magnetic sensors placed on the skull which reveal neural activity. MEGs are used to locate tumors and to determine functions of certain parts of the brain.
Major Depression
A neuro cognitive disorder which causes a person to have symptoms that severely interfere with normal activates of daily living. Symptoms include severe sadness, loss of interest in most activities, problems thinking and physiological changes in the body.
Mania
An highly emotional state, which is often seen in bipolar depression, when a person's nervous system is hyperactive. Symptoms involve hyper alertness, increased energy sleeplessness and variable or impulsive behavior.
MDMA
MDMA, also known as ecstasy, is a a subgroup of the drug class called amphetamines. MDMA causes stimulation to a person's nervous system by greatly increasing the release serotonin and inhibiting the re-uptake of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain.
Mechanoreceptors
Your nerve receptors that send signals to your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) when they are stimulated by pressure or touch.
Medial Temporal Lobe
This part of your brain that includes the hippocampus and the amygdala. It works to form, store and organize your memories.
Medulla Oblongata
Part of the brain stem, it connects the spinal cord to higher brain centers. The medulla control heartbeat and respiration.
Meniere's Syndrome
A neurological disorder of the peripheral vestibular system (ear and sensory receptors). Symptoms of Meniere's include unilateral hearing loss with tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, and vertigo attacks.
Migraine
A neurological disorder that is episodic and characterized by episodes of head pain and or with nausea, vomiting, light and sound sensitivity. A migraine episode can last 4 to 72 hours.
Mirror Neurons
Your neurons that fire during a familiar action as you think of that action or you observe others performing that action.
Morphine
A powerful narcotic agent that has a pain relief action and other effects on the central nervous system via mu type opioid receptors.
Motion Blindness
A neurological or visual disorder resulting in the loss of a person's ability to detect changes in the environment. The brain processes motion as a set of different still images.
Motor Neurons
Neuron carrying impulses away from the central nervous system to your muscles, as a result you are able to move.
Muscular Dystrophy
A group of neurological diseases involving the muscle. The location of muscle disease depends on the type of function problems.
Myasthenia Gravis
A neurological autoimmune disease caused by antibodies that bind to the receptors in the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) of a person's nervous system. Symptoms include muscle weakness, particularly of the eye and face muscles.
Myelin Sheath
The insulation and protective wrapping of fatty tissue that surrounds your axons and increases the spread of transmission of your nerve impulses.
Myelography
A neurological radiology procedure that uses contrast to detect disease or injury to the spinal cord.
Myoclonus
A brief sudden muscle jerk caused by either active muscles contractions or a brief loss of muscle tone. Myoclonus usually involves the face, trunk or extremities.
Myofascial Pain
A neurological condition in which a person perceives pain and tenderness in the muscles and adjacent fibrous tissues (fascia).