MicroPara

• Dura mater


  The outermost membrane surrounding the brain
• Meningitis


  An inflammation of brain tissues
• Axons


  Long projections formed by nerve cells
• Neurotransmitters


  Chemicals stored in neurons and released when the cell is stimulated by a signal
• The Central nervous system is made up of

  The brain and spinal column
• Neisseria meningitidis


  The organism that causes epidemic meningitis cases at college campuses
• Streptococcus agalactiae


  The most common cause of neonatal meningitis
• Tetanus cannot be prevented with a vaccine
• Leprosy


  Primarily transmitted from person to person by blowing nose
• Diseases that can be prevented with a vaccine for humans

  • Eastern equine encephalitis
• Kuru does not require the introduction of foreign nucleic acid
• The Sabin polio vaccine is currently administered in the United States
• Chicken is not a typical reservoir for the spread of rabies
• Cryptococcosis


  A disease that results in meningitis caused by an encapsulated yeast
• Negative stain


  The most commonly used stain to visualize the capsule of Cryptococcus
• Trypanosoma Vivax


  The causative agent of East African trypanosomiasis
• Naegleria fowleri


  The causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
• Tsetse fly


  The biological vector for African sleeping sickness
• Neurocysticercosis


  Humans usually contract this by ingestion of undercooked pork
• Neurocysticercosis


  The most important cause of adult-onset epilepsy
• Soma


  The cell body of a neuron
• A signal is transmitted down the axon of a nerve cell
• The Subarachnoid is Filled with cerebrospinal fluid

• Blood-brain barrier


  Prevents access of microbes in the blood from gaining access to the central nervous system
• Meninges


  A set of membranes that cover and protect the brain
• Neisseria meningitidis


  The pathogen that causes the form of meningitis that can cause epidemics
• Tetanus


  The symptoms are caused by the neurotoxin tetanospasmin
• Leprosy


  Another name is Hansen's Disease
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  Botulism Prevents the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine

• Tetanus


  A neurological disease that can be prevented with the DTaP vaccine
• Tetanus Patients exhibit opisthotonos when muscle spasms cause them to arch their backs
• Cryptococcus neoformans


  The capsule is the main virulence factor
• Amphotericin B


  The drug of choice for fungal infections of the nervous system
• Cyst cerci


  The larval forms of a tapeworm
• Winterbottom 


  Sign swollen lymph nodes at the back of the neck in early African trypanosomiasis
• West African trypanosomiasis


  Causes a chronic form of sleeping sickness
• Toxoplasma gondii


  The definitive host is cats
• Trypanosomes


  Can evade the immune response through antigenic variation
• PrP^sc


  The rogue form of the prion protein
• Dogs are the most common reservoir worldwide for the Rabies virus