Relacionar Columnas 4.18 Diseases of the Nervous System Versión en línea Some diseases of the Nervous System por Jorge Arizpe 1 Meningitis: infection in the meninges 2 Poliomyelitis: virus that atacts the bone marrow and provoques muscular athrophy and paralysis. 3 Depression: mental disorder characterized by sadness. 4 Multiple sclerosis: destruction of the myelin sheath. 5 Anxiety: Mental disorder characterized by a lot of concern and insecurity 6 Parkinson: Lack of coordination and tremors. Death of the cells the the substantia nigra 7 It is a synonym of headache 8 Encephalitis: brain inflamation. It can be caused by a virues 9 Brain tumor: abnormal cell growth 10 Epilepsy: appearance of abnormal electric activity in the brain