Brain Injury Terms and Definitions

Non-system-specific Birth Defect
Amniotic band sequence

CBDRP
Centers for Birth Defects Research & Prevention

brain tumor
An abnormal growth of tissue in the brain

neural tube defect
A structure in early fetal life that develops into the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves and spine.

NBDPS
National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (formerly called Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) is a disorder of the nervous system. The condition is characterized by progressive difficulty with movement and speech

NCEH
National Center for Environmental Health

brain
The part of the central nervous system inside the skull. Its functions include muscle control and coordination, sensory reception and integration, speech production, memory storage and the elaboration of thought and emotion.

Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome
Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by skin abnormalities and the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull craniosynostosis), which prevents further growth of the skull and affects the shape of the head and face.

Guillain-Barre (ge-YAH buh-RA) syndrome
An inflammatory disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord (peripheral nerves) and, more rarely, parts of the brain itself.