Sensory Neglect:

Terms Related to Sensory Neglect

• Sensory Ganglion

  Clusters of neurons in the somatic peripheral nervous system which contain the cell bodies of sensory nerve axons. Sensory ganglia may also have intrinsic interneurons ...

• Elder Neglect

  Emotional, nutritional, or physical maltreatment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

• Child Neglect

  Abuse of children in a family, institutional, or other setting. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

• Sensory Agnosia

  Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a ...

• Sensory Threshold

  The minimum amount of stimulus energy necessary to elicit a sensory response.

• Sensory Neuron

  Neurons which convey sensory information centrally from the periphery.