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Transcranial magnetic stimulation
Abbreviated TMS. A non-invasive technique that consists of a magnetic field emanating from a wire coil held outside the head. The magnetic field induces an electrical current in nearby regions of the brain. TMS was originally developed as…
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- PARK7 Familial Parkinson disease type 7
- Demulcent Soothing. The word 'demulcent' comes from the Latin verb, 'demulcere' meaning 'to caress.' Something that is…
- Tonotopy The spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is tonotopy in the…
- Dementia, vascular See Vascular dementia
- Forensic genetics The branch of genetics that deals with the application of genetic knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Hallucination, musical See: Musical hallucination
- IL-2 Interleukin-2
- Vincent infection This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Adduction Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle…