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  2. Cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral palsy is the most common movement disorder in children, [13] occurring in about 2.1 per 1,000 live births. [2] It has been documented throughout history, with the first known descriptions occurring in the work of Hippocrates in the 5th century BCE. [14]

  3. Pseudobulbar palsy - Wikipedia

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    Pseudobulbar palsy is the result of damage of motor fibers traveling from the cerebral cortex to the lower brain stem. This damage might arise in the course of a variety of neurological conditions that involve demyelination and bilateral corticobulbar lesions. Examples include: [3] Progressive supranuclear palsy; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  4. Central facial palsy - Wikipedia

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    Central facial palsy is often characterized by either hemiparalysis or hemiparesis of the contralateral muscles in facial expression. [2] Muscles on the forehead are left intact. Also, most patients have lost voluntary control of muscle movement in the face—however, muscles in the face involved in spontaneous emotional expression often remain ...

  5. Athetoid cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Athetoid cerebral palsy, or dyskinetic cerebral palsy (sometimes abbreviated ADCP), is a type of cerebral palsy primarily associated with damage, like other forms of CP, to the basal ganglia in the form of lesions that occur during brain development due to bilirubin encephalopathy and hypoxic–ischemic brain injury. [1]

  6. Dyskinetic cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) is a subtype of cerebral palsy (CP) and is characterized by impaired muscle tone regulation, coordination and movement control. Dystonia and choreoathetosis are the two most dominant movement disorders in patients with DCP.

  7. Athetosis - Wikipedia

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    Movements typical of athetosis are sometimes called athetoid movements. Lesions to the brain are most often the direct cause of the symptoms, particularly to the corpus striatum. [2] This symptom does not occur alone and is often accompanied by the symptoms of cerebral palsy, as it is often a result of this physical disability. Treatments for ...

  8. Palsy - Wikipedia

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    Bell's palsy, partial facial paralysis; Bulbar palsy, impairment of cranial nerves; Cerebral palsy, a neural disorder caused by intracranial lesions; Conjugate gaze palsy, a disorder affecting the ability to move the eyes; Erb's palsy, also known as brachial palsy, involving paralysis of an arm; Spinal muscular atrophy, also known as wasting palsy

  9. Pseudobulbar affect - Wikipedia

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    However, the appearance of uncontrollable emotions is commonly associated with many additional neurological disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, [5] Parkinson's disease, [6] cerebral palsy, [7] autism, [8] epilepsy, [9] and migraines. [10]