Wernicke's encephalopathy is the medical term meaning degenerative brain disorder caused by lack of thiamine.
The medical term for the chronic degenerative disease due to an imbalance in dopamine and acetylcholine levels in the brain is Parkinson's disease. Symptoms include tremors, stiffness, and difficulty with movement and coordination due to the loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain. Treatment focuses on managing symptoms through medication, therapy, and sometimes surgery.
Parkinsons is a degenerative disorder. This means that the cells in your brain are dying. There are medical treatments that can aid in the slow down of the disease.
Hepatic encephalopathy is brain and nervous system damage that occurs as a complication of liver disorders.
anencephalopathy
Encephalopathy (any disease of the brain)
Parkinson's disease does not spread from person to person. It is degenerative brain disease and is not contagious.
Multiple sclerosis
Alzheimer's disease
Encephalopathy: the prefix is en- meaning within. -cephal- is the root word meaning head and the suffix is -opathy meaning disease. Encephalopathy = disease in the head or brain.
Anencephalic is the medical term meaning without a brain.
If you are referring to a medical brain scan, it is performed on patients when their doctor suspects there might be some type of issue (i.e. trauma, cancer, degenerative disease such as Alzheimer's) with the brain. A brain scan might also be performed if a doctor wants to be sure all parts are functioning properly.