What Is Cerebral Palsy? What Causes Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is a term which encompasses a set of neurological conditions that cause physical disability in human development - they affect the brain and nervous system. The word cerebral refers to the area in the brain that is affected, while palsy means complete or partial muscle paralysis, frequently accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors. Cerebral means related to the brain or cerebrum.
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Filed under: Neurology / Neuroscience on June 5th, 2009
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