Brain

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 258335003

Brain

Definition

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell[WP].

The Brain is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

Associated Diseases

Disease Involvement Source
Cerebellopontine angle tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, APP-related Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, APP-related Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral convexity meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral convexity meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral falx meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral hemangioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral hemangioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral hemisphere cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral hemisphere lipoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral hemisphere lipoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral infarction Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral infarction Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral lymphoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral meningioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebral ventricle cancer Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebritis Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebritis Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebrovascular disorder Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Cerebrovascular disorder Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain germinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain germinoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain meningioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain stem glioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain stem glioma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brain stem neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brainstem astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood brainstem astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood cerebellar neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood cerebral astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood cerebral astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood choroid plexus carcinoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood choroid plexus neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood germ cell brain tumor Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood germ cell brain tumor Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood infratentorial neoplasm Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood medulloblastoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood medulloblastoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood optic nerve glioma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood optic tract astrocytoma Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0
Childhood optic tract astrocytoma Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site NCIT · CC BY 4.0

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Drugs Acting Here

Drug Effect Source
Acetazolamide may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Acyclovir may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Alteplase may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Brivaracetam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Cannabidiol may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Carbamazepine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Carmustine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Clobazam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Clonazepam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Dantrolene may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Etomidate may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Felbamate may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Gabapentin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Ganaxolone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Heparin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Lacosamide may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Lactulose may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Lamotrigine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Levetiracetam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Lorazepam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Magnesium Sulfate may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Neomycin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Oxazepam may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Oxcarbazepine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Papaverine may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Pentoxifylline may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Perampanel may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Phenobarbital may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Phenytoin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Pregabalin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Primidone may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Topiramate may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Valproic acid may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Warfarin may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0
Zonisamide may treat a disease of this organ DERIVED · CC BY 4.0

35 entries above are marked DERIVED: Atlas Médico inferred them by combining two sourced claims, and no source asserts these links directly. Treat them as a navigation aid, not as a clinical statement.