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MeSH Heading: Brain Diseases
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140
Unique ID: D001927
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001927
Scope Note: Pathologic conditions affecting the BRAIN, which is composed of the intracranial components of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This includes (but is not limited to) the CEREBRAL CORTEX; intracranial white matter; BASAL GANGLIA; THALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM.
Entry Version: BRAIN DIS
Entry Term(s): Brain Disorders; CNS Disorders, Intracranial; Central Nervous System Disorders, Intracranial; Central Nervous System Intracranial Disorders; Encephalon Diseases; Encephalopathy; Intracranial CNS Disorders; Intracranial Central Nervous System Disorders
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/24

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Brain Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025