This course guide serves as a research starting point for students enrolled in NRO 200. This guide not intended to be comprehensive, but contains information on selected resources in the Centre College Library, as well as links to materials that are avail
On this page you will find information about the neurological disorder you have chosen. These resources will be helpful to you when conducting a literature review on your chosen disorder.
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For the saved neurological disorders searches, this is on campus access only.
Use the database filters to refine the searches (ex. change the subject area [for ScienceDirect] or research area [for Web of Science] to Neuroscience or Neurosciences Neurology).
Try using other keywords (ex. disseminated sclerosis for multiple sclerosis).
Add in additional keywords for your searches (ex.cellular components, cellular abnormalities)
Alzheimer's Disease is degenerative brain disorder that develops in mid-to-late adulthood. It results in a progressive and irreversible decline in memory and a deterioration of various other cognitive abilities.
Parkinson's Disease, also called primary parkinsonism, paralysis agitans, or idiopathic parkinsonism, a degenerative neurological disorder that is characterized by the onset of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness in movement (bradykinesia), and stooped posture (postural instability).
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig diseaseor motor neuron disease, is degenerative neurological disorder that causes muscle atrophy and paralysis.
Prion Disease: Any of a number of disorders of the nervous system, all fatal, believed to be caused by rogue prions, including scrapie in sheep, BSE in cattle, and the human prion diseases new-variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (nvCJD), fatal familial insomnia (FFI), Gerstmann–Sträussler–Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and kuru.
Multiple sclerosis (MS), also called disseminated sclerosis, is a progressive autoimmune disease of the central nervous system characterized by destruction of the myelin sheath surrounding the nerve fibres of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves, as a result of which, the transmission of nerve impulses becomes impaired, particularly in pathways involving vision, sensation, and movement.
