encephalization
World History
(noun)
An evolutionary increase in the complexity and/or size of the brain.
Biology
(noun)
the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass
Examples of encephalization in the following topics:
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Arboviral Encephalitis
- Arboviral encephalitis are a group of arthropod-transmitted viruses that cause encephalitis (acute swelling in the brain).
- Arboviral encephalitis are found in many places throughout the world, and include California encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, St.
- Louis encephalitis, Tick-borne encephalitis, and West Nile fever.
- Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infectious disease of the central nervous system.
- Sheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus) such as this engorged female transmit encephalitis.
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West Nile Virus
- This was until an outbreak in Algeria in 1994, with cases of WNV-caused encephalitis, and the first large outbreak in Romania in 1996, with a high number of cases with neuroinvasive disease.
- Discuss the causes, symptoms and diseases (West Nile encephalitis, meningitis, meningoencephalitis and poliomyelitis) caused by the West Nile virus (WNV)
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Rabies
- Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals.
- Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in warm-blooded animals.
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Classic Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
- The family Flaviviridae include dengue, yellow fever , and two viruses in the tick-borne encephalitis group that cause VHF: Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus and Kyasanur Forest disease virus.
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Fungi
- Cryptococcus neoformans causes severe forms of meningitis and meningo-encephalitis in patients with HIV infection and AIDS.
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Early Homo
- During the next million years, a process of encephalization began.
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Infectious Disease Transmission
- Biological vectors are often responsible for serious blood-borne diseases, such as malaria, viral encephalitis, Chagas disease, Lyme disease, and African sleeping sickness.
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Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
- However, there was an outbreak in Algeria in 1994, with cases of WNV-caused encephalitis, and the first large outbreak in Romania in 1996, with a high number of cases with neuroinvasive disease.
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Viral Genomes in Nature
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Lyme Disease
- Mild encephalitis may lead to memory loss, sleep disturbances, or mood changes.