Glossary: Glossary Terms
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- abx
- antibiotics
- apoptosis
- orderly, programmed cell death
- astrocyte
- star-shaped cells in CNS that control BBB and nourish neurons`
- blood-brain barrier
- system for preventing toxin entry into CNS
- BBB
- Blood Brain Barrier
- CAP
- Combined Antibiotic Protocol
- CFS
- Chronic fatigue syndrome.
- CFIDS
- chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome
- CNS
- Central Nervous System
- Cpn
- Chlamydia Pneumoniae
- cytokine
- a messenger molecule between cells
- cytokine system
- complex network of intercellular messenger molecules
- DHEA
- dehydroepiandrosterone, Dehydroepiandrosterone - steroid hormone made by adrenal glands
- dx
- EBV
- Epstein-Barr virus
- endotoxin
- toxic component of the outer wall of Gram negative organisms
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- blood test used to monitor inflammation
- Exploding Head Syndrome
- Medical syndrome of unknown cause where people experience a terrifyingly loud noise. Typically occurs within an hour or two after falling asleep. Associated with age, stress, fatigue. Considered harmless although frightening.
- fasciculations
- involuntary muscle contractions / twitches.
- GERD
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- GFA
- Generally Falling Apart, or Generally Feeling Awful: a collection of symptoms that don't have a single name, such as MS or CFS, but are well advanced and range from alopecia, diabetes, arthritis, melanomas, asthma, IBS, parasthesia, endometriosis, rosacea, high blood pressure, interstitial cystitisi, prostatitis etc.
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- type of vasculitis of head and neck arteries
- glia
- support cells in the CNS
- Golgi apparatus
- intracellular membrane trafficking organelle
- heat schock protein
- family of proteins which undertake intracellular utility functions
- homocysteine
- An intermediary amino acid created by the conversion of methionine to cysteine
- HSV
- Herpes simplex virus
- HSV-6
- Human Herpesvirus 6
- Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy
- weakening of the heart muscle from unknown cause
- interferon gamma
- host defense molecule against intracellular infections
- intracellular
- inside the cell
- intrathecal
- occurring in the space under the brain or spinal cord
- lipopolysaccharide
- chemical configuration of endotoxin
- cLPS
- chlamydial lipopolysaccharides
- microglial cell
- cell which clears damaged material from CNS
- mitochondrion
- intracellular energy-producing organelle in higher cells
- monocyte
- white blood cell that fights infection
- morphological
- form or structure of an organism
- myelin
- lipoprotein which insulates nerve fibers
- demyelination
- removal of degenerated myelin
- remyelination
- regeneration of nerve fibers with new myelin
- Necrosis
- disorganized cell death
- neural stem cells
- pluripotential cells in the brain able to migrate and differentiate
- NSAIDS
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- oligodendrocyte
- cell in CNS that makes/supports myelin
- pleomorphism
- existence of variant forms in the same species or strain of microorganisms
- porphyrically pathetic
- Rendered emotionally hypersensitive by porphyrins interference with GABA receptors such that one cries at schmaltzy television commercials.
- porphyrically pathetic peripatetic
- Rendered emotionally hypersensitive and restlessly wandering by the effect of porphyrins interfering with GABA receptors.
- ribosome
- intracellular organelle which translates RNA and makes protein
- rod cell
- an activated microglial cell
- ROS
- reactive oxygen species
- schmaltzy
- A technical term meaning overly sentimental, sappy, etc.
- Schwann cell
- cell in the peripheral NS which makes and supports myelin
- tumor necrosis factor alpha
- important pro-inflammatory cytokine
- vasculitis
- inflammation of small vessels, in CNS leads to breakdown of BBB
- vasomotor
- nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
- virulent