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Parent topics
- Neurobehavioral manifestation [r]: Signs and symptoms of higher cortical dysfunction caused by organic conditions. These include certain behavioral alterations and impairments of skills involved in the acquisition, processing, and utilization of knowledge or information. [e]
- Unconsciousness [r]: Loss of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment combined with markedly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli. [e]
Subtopics
- Syncope [r]: Transient loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by diminished blood flow to the brain (i.e., brain ischemia). [e]
- Persistent vegetative state [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pain physiology [r]: Science of the functions and phenomena of tissue-damaging or potentially tissue-damaging stimulus. [e]
- Amanita virosa [r]: A poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita, commonly known as the destroying angel or more precisely as European destroying angel. [e]
- Glasgow Coma Scale [r]: Neurological scale which aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person. [e]
- Airedale NHS Trust v. Bland [r]: 1993 English legal case that allowed withdrawal of treatment for patients in a persistent vegetative state. [e]