neurodegenerative disease
C4738
concept
A neurodegenerative disease is a disorder characterized by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons in the nervous system, often leading to cognitive, motor, and functional decline over time.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| neurodegenerative disease canonical | 11 |
| genetic disorder | 7 |
| Alzheimer's disease treatment | 1 |
| brain disease | 1 |
| central nervous system disorder | 1 |
| progressive brain disorder | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: neurodegenerative disease
Generated description
A neurodegenerative disease is a disorder characterized by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons in the nervous system, often leading to cognitive, motor, and functional decline over time.
Instances (19)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Angelman syndrome | genetic disorder |
| Huntington's chorea | — |
| Alzheimer's disease | — |
| Lewy body dementia | — |
| spinal muscular atrophy | genetic disorder |
| ALS | — |
| Aduhelm | Alzheimer's disease treatment |
| Dravet syndrome | genetic disorder |
| Parkinson's disease | — |
| chronic traumatic encephalopathy | — |
| TDP-43 proteinopathy | — |
| Vrolik syndrome | genetic disorder |
|
HD
surface form:
Huntington's disease
|
— |
| multiple system atrophy | — |
| progressive supranuclear palsy | — |
|
von Hippel
surface form:
von Hippel-Lindau disease
|
genetic disorder |
|
DS
surface form:
Dravet syndrome
|
genetic disorder |
| tuberous sclerosis complex | genetic disorder |
| Krabbe disease | — |