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A person on whom an individual is totally dependent for survival, a relationship exemplified in the infant’s attachment to the mother. Anaclitic depression involves the loss of this primary object.  

Literally, leaning on. In psychoanalytic terminology, anaclitic attachment refers to the complete dependence of one person on another for his or her well-being (as in the infant’s dependence on the mother). Such attachment is normal in childhood but pathological in later years. Literally, leaning on. In psychoanalytic terminology, dependence of the infant on the mother…

Synthetic derivatives of testosterone used medically to promote protein anabolism. They can be used to aid in bodybuilding. They sometimes produce an initial sense of well-being replaced after repeated use by lack of energy, irritability, and unhappiness. Continued use may lead to serious complications such as severe depression, outbursts of violence, and liver disease. Synthetic…

A type of dementia seen in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurological disease of unknown cause.  

A protein expressed in many tissues and concentrated in the synapses of neurons. Although its primary function is not known, app is most commonly studied as the precursor molecule whose degradation generates the beta-amyloid that appears to be the main constituent of amyloid plaques in the brains of patients with alzheimer’s disease. A (collective) set…

The formation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are thought to contribute to the degradation of the neurons in the brain and to the subsequent symptoms of alzheimer’s disease. A pathologic lesion of amyloid protein in brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Characteristic waxy deposits of amyloid found in primary amyloidosis, the cause of which…

Any one of various complex proteins that are deposited in tissues in different disease processes. In neuropsychiatry, the proteins of particular interest are beta-amyloid (also known as amyloid beta [A-beta]; the major constituent of the characteristic senile plaques of alzheimer’s disease) and the amyloid precursor protein (app). A waxy, starch-like protein that tends to build…

The inability to recognize or reproduce musical sounds caused by a lesion of the right temporoparietal junction. A condition characterized by the ability to recognize or to reproduce musical sounds. Music deafness; inability to produce or appreciate musical sounds. The incapacity to generate or comprehend musical tones.  

A culture-specific syndrome.    

In dsm-iv-tr, a group of mental disorders that includes amphetamine dependence, amphetamine abuse amphetamine intoxication, amphetamine withdrawal, amphetamine intoxication delirium, amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder, amphetamine-induced mood disorder, amphetamine-induced anxiety disorder, amphetamine-induced sexual dysfunction, and amphetamine-induced sleep disorder.