These include disturbances of motor functions (e.g. power, strength & co-ordination), alterations of body senses (e.g. sight, hearing or touch) and changes in consciousness (e.g.

Drugs, belonging to a number of different classes, which modify the transmission of electrical impulses in the brain and spinal cord. Most often they are

Most of the pains that we experience result from normal nerve endings being stimulated by injury, or inflammation, or by stretching of or pressure put

Abnormal, to-and-fro, movements of the eyes, brought on when they turn to one side or the other, or when looking down. The eyes can move

The lowermost part of the lowest ventricle of the brain. During development the central canal of the spinal cord is in continuity with the ventricular

Something is objective when it can be seen to be present by more than one person. The term usually refers to something that can be

This term simply refers to the back of the head. The occipital lobes of the brain are at the back of the brain – one

A peg of bone, that forms part of the second cervical vertebra and which protrudes upwards, behind the front part of the ring-shaped first cervical

A build-up of water within body tissues, essentially “waterlogging”. It may be seen as swollen ankles in elderly people with a degree of heart failure,

An orthostatic symptom is one that develops when the affected person stands up. They are sometimes but by no means always the result of cerebrospinal