Brain and Nervous System Disorders

Information and links for multiple sclerosis.

Article describes Aicardi syndrome, its diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Article describes the disorder, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Information on the disorder from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Article describes congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (formerly known as Ondine curse), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

It seems futuristic: tiny wires in the brain sending electrical impulses that stop trembling. Yet since 1997 more than 2,100 people have had deep brain stimulation systems implanted. Researchers believe there are many more people it can help. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Article describes dystonia, its diagnosis, and treatment, including the use of botulinum toxin (Botox). From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Information on the disorder, FAQs, and support groups from the International Tremor Foundation.

Article describes fetal alcohol syndrome, its cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information about glioma brain cancers including their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.

Article describes Guillain-Barre syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information on the syndrome from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

About.com's Guide to Pediatrics describes the disorder, its symptoms, and treatment.

Article describes infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and future research.

Information about the genetic birth defect Joubert syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Article describes Kennedy disease, also known as spinal bulbar muscular atrophy, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Feature article describes Krabbe disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Information about the childhood central nervous system disorder Landau-Kleffner syndrome, including symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

Information about Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, including its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information about the genetic disorder Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, including symptoms, diangosis, and treatment.

Article describes lissencephaly, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Article describes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the form of it spread by eating contaminated beef products.

Article describes the industrial pollution in Minamata, Japan, and the resulting effects of mercury poisoning in the people there.

Links to information and resources for narcolepsy.

Article describes the syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Personal site offering information on the disorder, guest book, research articles, and links.

Information about post-polio syndrome including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Article describes primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Information about the disorders that were once called Ramsay Hunt syndrome types I and II, with links to their symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.

Information about savant syndrome, a type of autism spectrum disorder that was featured in the movie, "The Rain Man."

Shy-Drager syndrome is part of the disorder known as multiple system atrophy (MSA). This article provides information about MSA, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information about SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), including the types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information about stiff person syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Article looks at the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of PSP. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases.

Article describes Sydenham chorea, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Comprehensive information from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Article describes Tourette syndrome, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information about Wilson's disease, an inherited genetic disorder of copper metabolism, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Information and support for families affected by the disorder.