Category: C

Synthesized in the hypothalamus, CRF regulates the secretion of adrenocortropic hormone (ACTH) from the posterior pituitary. CRF has a variety of effects, including activation of the sympathetic nervous system and regulation of behavioral responses to stress.  

A progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy of multiple areas of the brain, including the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia. Symptoms are similar to those found in parkinson’s disease, such as poor coordination, akinesia, rigidity, disequilibrium, and limb dystonia. Other symptoms such as cognitive and visual-spatial impairments, apraxia, hesitant and…

A compound structure consisting of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus, which consists of the putamen and the globus pallidus. A mass of nervous tissue in each cerebral hemisphere. The part of the basal ganglia in the cerebral hemispheres of the brain consisting of the caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus. The caudate nucleus…

A structure of the brain in the longitudinal fissure that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates communication between them. It is the largest white matter structure in the brain, consisting of millions of nerve fibers. In refractory epilepsy, symptoms can be reduced by cutting the corpus callosum in an operation known as…

In psychoanalytic therapy, any reference by the patient to earlier failures in interpersonal transactions. The patient typically expresses thoughts and feelings about earlier experiences (and especially about parent and child transactions) in a variety of ways, often indirect and veiled. It is the therapist’s task to grasp the meaning of the patient’s subjective experiences and…

Obscene gesturing seen in patients with tourette’s disorder.  

One of the paraphilias, characterized by marked distress over, or acting on, sexual urges involving feces. Excessive or morbid interest in filth or feces or their symbolic representations. A sexual variance in which sexual gratification is associated with the act of defecation.  

Eating of filth or feces.  

The involuntary use of profane words seen in patients with tourette’s disorder. Sexual arousal through the use of lewd language or of hearing lewd language. Coprolalia, a symptom of Tourette syndrome (TS), is the uncontrollable use of obscenities and curse words. Although popularly associated with TS, only 8-15% of affected individuals manifest coprolalia. Apeak in…

Ways of adjusting to environmental stress without altering one’s goals or purposes. Includes both conscious and unconscious mechanisms. In psychology, a variety of complex, usually unconscious devices used to handle frustrations or ego threats. A method of dealing with situations which cause psychological stress.