Neuropsychologist
A psychologist who specializes in understanding how cognitive, emotional, and psychological functioning work in the brain.
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Neurosurgeon
A surgeon who treats many disorders of the nervous system.
Neurotransmitter
A chemical substance produced by nerve cells, transported in the axon, and released at the synapse; causes chemical and electrical changes in adjacent cells.
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear Medicine uses a small amount of radioactive, injectable material to demonstrate the function of the brain. It can be used to localize where seizures start. A scan before the seizure for a baseline image and then again with the radioactive material given during the seizure to locate activity in the brain. This is not…
Nurse navigators
These professionals can help you identify educational and support resources at all stages of an illness and can help coordinate appointments and prescriptions. They may be a primary point of contact within the healthcare system.
Nurse practitioners
Providers who oversee the management of patient care as recommended by a physician.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Repeated and unwanted thoughts and/or the need to engage in certain behavior or perform a certain routine, all of which interferes with daily activities.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
a continuing pattern of negative/angry/irritable mood with argumentative/defiant behavior to peers and people of authority.
Orbitozygomatic Approach
A traditional skull base approach used to target difficult tumors and aneurysms that are too complex for removal by more minimally invasive approaches. This approach involves making an incision in the scalp behind the hairline.
Orthopedist
A doctor who specializes in the branch of medicine concerned with the correction or prevention of deformities, disorders, or injuries of the skeleton and associated structures.