Brain Injury Terms and Definitions

Non-system-specific Birth Defect
Amniotic band sequence

Eye Birth Defect
Anophthalmia/microphthalmia, congenital cataracts, glaucoma

Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (formerly called Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) is a disorder of the nervous system. The condition is characterized by progressive difficulty with movement and speech

neural tube defect
A structure in early fetal life that develops into the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves and spine.

Pfeiffer syndrome
Many of the characteristic facial features of Pfeiffer syndrome result from the premature fusion of the skull bones. The head is unable to grow normally, which leads to bulging and wide-set eyes, an underdeveloped upper jaw, and a beaked nose.

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.

CBDRP
Centers for Birth Defects Research & Prevention

Cardiovascular Birth Defect
Conotruncal heart defects, septal heart defects, obstructive heart defects, atrioventricular septal defects, single ventricle, anomalous pulmonary venous return, heterotaxy, Ebstein malformation.

NBDPS
National Birth Defects Prevention Study

BDPM
Birth Defects Monitoring Program