Biomaterial Database

[Mitochondrial diseases and cerebrovascular pathology]. 1995

J Vivancos, and E Botia

Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002561	Cerebrovascular Disorders	A spectrum of pathological conditions of impaired blood flow in the brain. They can involve vessels (ARTERIES or VEINS) in the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Major categories include INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; and others.	Brain Vascular Disorders,Intracranial Vascular Disorders,Vascular Diseases, Intracranial,Cerebrovascular Diseases,Cerebrovascular Insufficiency,Cerebrovascular Occlusion,Brain Vascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Disease,Cerebrovascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Insufficiencies,Cerebrovascular Occlusions,Disease, Cerebrovascular,Diseases, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiencies, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiency, Cerebrovascular,Intracranial Vascular Disease,Intracranial Vascular Diseases,Intracranial Vascular Disorder,Occlusion, Cerebrovascular,Occlusions, Cerebrovascular,Vascular Disease, Intracranial,Vascular Disorder, Brain,Vascular Disorder, Intracranial,Vascular Disorders, Brain,Vascular Disorders, Intracranial
D004272	DNA, Mitochondrial	Double-stranded DNA of MITOCHONDRIA. In eukaryotes, the mitochondrial GENOME is circular and codes for ribosomal RNAs, transfer RNAs, and about 10 proteins.	Mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017237	Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies	A heterogenous group of disorders characterized by alterations of mitochondrial metabolism that result in muscle and nervous system dysfunction. These are often multisystemic and vary considerably in age at onset (usually in the first or second decade of life), distribution of affected muscles, severity, and course. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp984-5)	Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial,Encephalomyopathy, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy
D017241	MELAS Syndrome	A mitochondrial disorder characterized by focal or generalized seizures, episodes of transient or persistent neurologic dysfunction resembling strokes, and ragged-red fibers on muscle biopsy. Affected individuals tend to be normal at birth through early childhood, then experience growth failure, episodic vomiting, and recurrent cerebral insults resulting in visual loss and hemiparesis. The cortical lesions tend to occur in the parietal and occipital lobes and are not associated with vascular occlusion. VASCULAR HEADACHE is frequently associated and the disorder tends to be familial. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch56, p117)	Mitochondrial Myopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-Like Episode,MELAS,Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes,Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, And Stroke-Like Episodes,Myopathy, Mitochondrial-Encephalopathy-Lactic Acidosis-Stroke,Syndrome, MELAS
D017243	MERRF Syndrome	A mitochondrial encephalomyopathy characterized clinically by a mixed seizure disorder, myoclonus, progressive ataxia, spasticity, and a mild myopathy. Dysarthria, optic atrophy, growth retardation, deafness, and dementia may also occur. This condition tends to present in childhood and to be transmitted via maternal lineage. Muscle biopsies reveal ragged-red fibers and respiratory chain enzymatic defects. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p986)	Fukuhara Disease,Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers,Fukuhara Syndrome,MERRF,Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated with Ragged-Red Fibers,Myoclonic Epilepsy and Ragged Red Fibers,Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged-Red Fibers,Myoclonus with Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers,Myoencephalopathy Ragged-Red Fiber Disease,Myoclonic Epilepsy Associated with Ragged Red Fibers,Myoencephalopathy Ragged Red Fiber Disease,Syndrome, Fukuhara,Syndrome, MERRF