prion disease
81Dementia Research Centre — The Dementia Research Centre (DRC) is part of University College London s Department of Neurodegenerative Disease. The DRC is part of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London and is affiliated with the Hospital …
82Fore (people) — The Fore live in the Okapa District of the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. There are approximately 20,000 Fore who are separated by the Wanevinti Mountains into the North Fore and South Fore regions. Their main form of survival is… …
83Funeral — This article is about the ceremony. For other uses, see Funeral (disambiguation). The funeral of Pope John Paul II A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise… …
84fatal familial insomnia — an autosomal dominant prion disease caused by mutation in the prion protein gene (PRNP, locus: 20pter p12), affecting primarily the ventral and dorsomedial nuclei of the thalamus and characterized by progressive insomnia, hallucinations, stupor,… …
85Gliosis — is a proliferation of astrocytes in damaged areas of the central nervous system (CNS). This proliferation usually leads to the formation of a glial scar.Astrocytes are relatively large glial cells and have various functions, including… …
86List of Mutant X episodes — This is a list of episodes of the television series Mutant X. Although it was said that a fourth season would be produced, it was canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show s production companies, ending… …
87TND — term normal delivery * * * transmissible neurodegenerative disease; see prion disease, under disease …
88Smokie (carcass) — A West African smokie is a delicacy made by blowtorching the carcass of an old sheep or goat without removing its fleece.Legal statusThe sale of the African variety of smokies is illegal in many western countries, but they are nevertheless… …
89Glossary of psychiatry — In this glossary of psychiatric terms, mostly Greek, secondly French and German and some English terms, as used in psychiatric literature, were defined. We have included many other terms with the passage of time and aim to broaden this article to …
90TSE — testicular self examination; time since exposure; tissue specific extinguisher; total skin electron; total skin examination; transcutaneous spinal electroanesthesia; transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; trisodium edetate; turbo spin echo * *… …
