neurodegenerative

(adjective)

of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function

Related Terms

Examples of neurodegenerative in the following topics:

  • Neurodegenerative Disorders

    • Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are both neurodegenerative disorders characterized by loss of nervous system functioning.
    • Neurodegenerative disorders are illnesses characterized by a loss of nervous system functioning that are usually caused by neuronal death.
    • The symptoms of a particular neurodegenerative disease are related to where in the nervous system the death of neurons occurs.
    • Parkinson's disease is also a neurodegenerative disease.
    • Distinguish between the neurodegenerative disorders of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

  • Programmed Cell Death

    • Autophagy is generally activated by conditions of nutrient deprivation but has also been associated with physiological as well as pathological processes such as development, differentiation, neurodegenerative diseases, stress (physiology), infection and cancer.

  • Prions and Viroids

    • Fatal neurodegenerative diseases, such as kuru in humans and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle (commonly known as "mad cow disease"), were shown to be transmitted by prions.