Category: M

An inflammatory process involving the brain (encephalitis) and meninges (meningitis), most often produced by pathogenic organisms which invade the central nervous system, and occasionally by toxins, autoimmune disorders, and other conditions. Inflammation of the meninges and the brain. Inflammation of the brain and its membranous coverings (the meninges) caused by infection, as with the mumps…

Inflammation of the meninges. When it affects the dura mater, the disease is termed pachymeningitis; when the arachnoid and pia mater are involved, it is called leptomeningitis, or meningitis proper. A disease of the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord. Any infection of the meninges. Inflammation of the coverings around the brain and spinal…

The three membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord. Three connective tissue membranes that protect and enclose the brain and spinal cord. The outer layer is tough, thick dura mater; the middle layer is the delicate, spiderweb-like arachnoid; and the inner layer is the highly vascularized pia mater. The inner two layers…

Refers to the meninges, the tissue covering the brain and spinal cord.  

Proteins which are found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. They consist of two types, peripheral and integral proteins. They include most membrane-associated enzymes, antigenic proteins, transport proteins, and drug, hormone, and lectin receptors.  

An online database of MEDLARS, the computerized bibliographic Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System of the National Library of Medicine. A computer-based search facility for all published peer-reviewed biomedical papers.  

A medicinal substance or agent.  

An object or substance by which something is mediated, such as (1) a structure of the nervous system that transmits impulses eliciting a specific response; (2) a chemical substance (transmitter substance) that induces activity in an excitable tissue, such as nerve or muscle; or (3) a substance released from cells as the result of the…

Indirect; accomplished by the aid of an intervening medium.  

Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of mannose from a nucleoside diphosphate mannose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. The group includes EC 2.4.1.32, EC 2.4.1.48, EC 2.4.1.54, and EC 2.4.1.57.