Author: Glossary

Measuring both the ability of a person to perform tasks necessary to meet the demands of daily life and the impairments that prevent such activities.  

In medicine, referring to changes in the way an organ system operates that are not attributable to known structural alterations. An imbalance ofresponse, without permanent tissue damage. A dysfunction with no apparent alteration in tissues of the body as in functional disorder. The particular work done by an organ.  

An alertness or even hypervigilance that is maintained despite an overall inhibition of motor activity that may include mutism. An expression of petrified fear on a child’s face, especially in children who have been abused.  

Group of clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous disorders associated with atrophy in the frontal lobe and temporal lobe of the brain, with sparing of the parietal lobe and occipital lobe. FTLD is one of the most common causes of dementia after alzheimer’s disease, lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia. Three clinical subtypes of FTLD are…

A group of related conditions resulting from the progressive shrinking and degeneration of the temporal lobe and frontal lobe of the brain. These areas of the brain play a significant role in decision making, behavioral control, emotion, and language. Behavioral symptoms and personality changes may include decreased concern for social norms or other people and…

A pattern of emotional, behavioral, and personality changes that occur following an injury to the prefrontal lobes. The three principal syndromes are frontal convexity syndrome, medial frontal syndrome, and orbitofrontal syndrome. Impairment of frontal lobe functioning is also found in a range of psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and antisocial personality disorder.  

The area of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere and positioned anterior to the parietal lobes and above and anterior to the temporal lobes. It is separated from the parietal lobe by the primary motor cortex, which controls voluntary movements of specific body parts. The frontal lobe contains most of the…

One of the principal frontal lobe syndromes. It is characterized by apathy, occasional brief outbursts of anger, psychomotor retardation, discrepant motor and verbal behavior, and poor abstraction and categorization.