Term Name: neurodegenerative disease
Synonyms: degenerative disease
Definition: A central nervous system disease that results in the progressive deterioration of function or structure of neurons.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:1289]   ( DOID:1289 )

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is a type of: central nervous system disease
has subtype: agenesis of the corpus callosum with peripheral neuropathy amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-parkinsonism/dementia complex 1 childhood-onset neurodegeneration with brain atrophy familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin inclusion bodies hereditary ataxia Huntington's disease Huntington's disease-like 2 infantile cerebellar-retinal degeneration motor neuron disease myoclonic cerebellar dyssynergia neuroacanthocytosis neurodegeneration with ataxia, dystonia, and gaze palsy, childhood-onset neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation neurodevelopmental disorder with regression, abnormal movements, loss of speech, and seizures neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease olivopontocerebellar atrophy plexopathy pontocerebellar hypoplasia primary cerebellar degeneration secondary Parkinson disease SPOAN syndrome stress-induced childhood-onset neurodegeneration with variable ataxia and seizures synucleinopathy tauopathy