Brain Injury Terms and Definitions

hypothalamus
The part of the brain that controls body functions such as eating, sleeping and sexual behavior, maintains body temperature and chemical balance, and regulates many hormones.

SADDAN
SADDAN (severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans) is a rare inherited disorder of bone growth characterized by skeletal, brain, and skin abnormalities.

Eye Birth Defect
Anophthalmia/microphthalmia, congenital cataracts, glaucoma

Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome
Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by skin abnormalities and the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull craniosynostosis), which prevents further growth of the skull and affects the shape of the head and face.

brain
The part of the central nervous system inside the skull. Its functions include muscle control and coordination, sensory reception and integration, speech production, memory storage and the elaboration of thought and emotion.

Ear Birth Defect
Anotia/microtia

NBDPN
National Birth Defects Prevention Network

Alzheimer's disease
Severe form of dementia caused by significant deterioration of brain tissue.

NBDPS
National Birth Defects Prevention Study

BDPM
Birth Defects Monitoring Program