NERVOUS SYSTEM

• Ach

  acetylcholine
• ALS

  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)
• ANS

  autonomic nervous system
• CNS

  central nervous system
• CP

  cerebral palsy
• CSF

  cerebrospinal fluid
• CVA

  cerebrovascular accident
• DSM

  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• EEG

  electroencephalogram
• Em

  emmetropia
• ICP

  intracranial pressure
• LP

  lumbar puncture
• MAO

  monoamine oxidase
• MRI

  magnetic resonance imaging
• MS

  multiple sclerosis
• PET

  position emission tomography
• PNS

  peripheral nervous system
• Psych

  psychiatry
• TIA

  transient ischemia attack