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Paraparetic Newfoundland

This month’s case is a 7-year-old intact male Newfoundland that was referred for evaluation of progressive difficulty walking and trouble going up stairs.

Term: Torticollis

Torticollis
Pronunciation: tor·ti·col·lis (tôr’tĭ-kŏl’ĭs)

Etymology: 1811, Modern Latin, from Latin tortus (“crooked, twisted”) + collum (“neck”)

Definition: cervical dystonia in which the neck is…

Term: Nociception

This week’s neuro word for nerds is nociception. In addition to the definition, this post also compares this term to pain and provide a historical perspective regarding the scientist that first coined the term nociception.