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A progressive disease of the spinal cord resulting in ataxia and paresis of the limbs; similar to multiple sclerosis in humans in that they both destroy myelin fibers in the spinal cord.

Destruction or loss of the myelin sheath surrounding axons; results in impaired nerve impulse conduction.

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Receiving portion of the neuron.

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Loss of nerve supply.

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The area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single dorsal spinal root.

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afferent ; dorsal ; nerve ; nerve root

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine; the standard software format used to process, store, print, and transmit (and exchange) medical imaging information.

The "relay center" of the brain where all information passes into and out of the cerebral cortex.  The caudal part of the forebrain (comprised of the hypothalamus, thalamus, metathalamus, subthalamus and epithalamus) and the rostral portion of the brainstem.

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brain ; brainstem ; caudal ; cerebral cortex ; forebrain ; hypothalamus ; rostral ; subthalamus ; thalamus

An abnormal condition which impairs bodily function.