| developing countries | Countries in the process of change directed toward economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| journal article | The predominant publication type for articles and other items indexed for nlm databases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| association areas | Generic term denoting the large expanses of the cerebral cortex that are not sensory or motor in the customary sense, but are involved in advanced stages of sensory information processing, multisensory integration, or sensorimotor integration. See: cerebral cortex. Synonym: association areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brodmann's areas | Area's of the cerebral cortex mapped out on the basis of the cortical cytoarchitectural patterns. See: cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poverty areas | City, urban, rural, or suburban areas which are characterised by severe economic deprivation and by accompanying physical and social decay. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Head's areas | Area's of skin exhibiting reflex hyperesthesia and hyperalgesia due to visceral disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sensory areas | The outer portion of the brain, consisting of layersof nerve cells and the pathways that connect them. The cerebralcortex is the part of the brain in which thought processes take place.In Alzheimer's disease, nerve cells in the cerebral cortex die. (22 May 1997) |
| skip areas | Subsidiary segments of diseased intestine or colon in regional enteritis or Crohn's colitis, separated from the region of major involvement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flechsig's areas | Three divisions (anterior, lateral, posterior) of each lateral half of the medulla as seen on transverse section, marked off by the root fibres of the hypoglossal and vagus nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| forested areas or land | Any land that is capable of producing or has produced forest growth or, if lacking forest growth, has evidence of a former forest and is not now in other use. (05 Dec 1998) |