National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health - NINDS

Organization URL(s)

www.ninds.nih.gov  

Other Contact Information

P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824

800-352-9424 (Voice - Toll-free)
301-496-5751 (Voice)
301-468-5981 (TTY, for people using adaptive equipment)

Description

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) was originally established in 1950. The NINDS conducts and supports research and research training on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke. The Institute awards grants for research projects, program projects, and center grants; provides training support to institutions and fellowships to individuals in the fields of neurological disorders and stroke; conducts intramural and collaborative research; and collects and disseminates research information. Requests for information should be directed to the Office of Communications and Public Liaison.

Online Resources

• Alzheimer's Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/alzheimersdisease/alzheimersdisease.htm
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.htm
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/detail_amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.htm
• Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions of the Central Nervous System Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/avms/detail_avms.htm
• Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm
• Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/adhd/adhd.htm
• Autism Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/autism.htm
• Back Pain
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/backpain/backpain.htm
• Behcet's Disease Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/behcet/behcet.htm
• Bell's Palsy Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/bells/detail_bells.htm
• Bone Marrow Generates New Neurons in Human Brains
  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2003/ninds-20.htm
• Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brainandspinaltumors/brainandspinaltumors.htm
• Brain Basics - Preventing Stroke
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/preventing_stroke.htm
• Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sleep_apnea/detail_sleep_apnea.htm
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm
• Cavernous Malformation Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cavernous_malformation/cavernous_malformation.htm
• Cerebellar Degeneration
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebellar_degeneration/cerebellar_degeneration.htm
• Cerebral Aneurysm Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_aneurysm/detail_cerebral_aneurysm.htm
• Cerebral Palsy Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_palsy/cerebral_palsy.htm
• Cerebral Palsy: Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cerebral_palsy/detail_cerebral_palsy.htm
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/charcot_marie_tooth/detail_charcot_marie_tooth.htm
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/charcot/charcot.htm
• Chronic Pain Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chronic_pain/chronic_pain.htm
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cjd/cjd.htm
• Dementia Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementias/dementia.htm
• Dysautonomia Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dysautonomia/dysautonomia.htm
• Dyslexia
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dyslexia/dyslexia.htm
• Dyssynergia Cerebellaris Progressiva
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dyssynergia/dyssynergia.htm
• Dystonias Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dystonias/dystonias.htm
• Early Treatment Confirmed as Key to Stroke Recovery
  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/ninds-04.htm
• Epilepsy and Seizures
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm
• Febrile Seizures
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/febrile_seizures/febrile_seizures.htm
• Friedreich's Ataxia Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/friedreichs_ataxia/detail_friedreichs_ataxia.htm
• Gaucher's Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gauchers/gauchers.htm
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm
• Headache Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/headache/headache.htm
• Huntington's Disease Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/huntington.htm
• Hydrocephalus
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hydrocephalus/hydrocephalus.htm
• Hypersomnia
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hypersomnia/hypersomnia.htm
• Job Opportunities - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS/NIH)
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/jobs_and_training/index.htm
• Joubert Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm
• Learning Disabilities Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/learningdisabilities/learningdisabilities.htm
• Leukodystrophy
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/leukodystrophy/leukodystrophy.htm
• Machado-Joseph Disease Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/machado_joseph/detail_machado_joseph.htm
• Migraine Update
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/migraine/migraine.htm
• Mitochondrial Myopathies
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/mitochondrial_myopathy/mitochondrial_myopathy.htm
• Multiple Sclerosis Information
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multiple_sclerosis/multiple_sclerosis.htm
• Multiple Sclerosis: Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multiple_sclerosis/detail_multiple_sclerosis.htm
• Muscular Dystrophy
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/md.htm
• Myasthenia Gravis
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/myasthenia_gravis.htm
• Myoclonus Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myoclonus/detail_myoclonus.htm
• Narcolepsy
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/narcolepsy.htm
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Publications
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/disorder_index.htm
• Neurofibromatosis Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/neurofibromatosis/neurofibromatosis.htm
• Neurological Complications of AIDS Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/aids/aids.htm
• Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/misc/diagnostic_tests.htm
• Neurological Sequelae Of Lyme Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/lyme/lyme.htm
• Niemann-Pick Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/niemann/niemann.htm
• NINDS Meningitis and Encephalitis Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/encephalitis_meningitis/encephalitis_meningitis.htm
• NINDS Trigeminal Neuralgia Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/trigeminal_neuralgia/trigeminal_neuralgia.htm
• Pain — Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chronic_pain/detail_chronic_pain.htm
• Parkinson's Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm
• Parkinson's Disease (NINDS)
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm#What_is
• Parkinson's Disease: Challenges, Progress, and Promise
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_research.htm
• Peripheral Neuropathy
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/peripheralneuropathy/peripheralneuropathy.htm
• Polymyositis
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/polymyositis/polymyositis.htm
• Post-Polio Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/post_polio/post_polio.htm
• Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/postural_tachycardia_syndrome/postural_tachycardia_syndrome.htm
• Questions and Answers About Stroke
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke_backgrounder.htm
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy/reflex_sympathetic_dystrophy_pr.htm
• Research Training And Career Development Grants -- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/research_training.htm
• Restless Legs Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/restless_legs/restless_legs.htm
• Restless Legs Syndrome Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/restless_legs/detail_restless_legs.htm
• Rett Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rett/rett.htm
• Shingles
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm
• Shy-Drager Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/msa_orthostatic_hypotension/msa_orthostatic_hypotension.htm
• Sjogren's Syndrome Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sjogrens/sjogrens.htm
• Spina Bifida Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spina_bifida/detail_spina_bifida.htm
• Spinal Cord Injury Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/sci.htm
• Stroke Information Guide
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm
• Stroke: Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/detail_stroke_pr.htm
• Study Suggests Coenzyme Q10 Slows Functional Decline in Parkinson's Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/press_releases/pressrelease_parkinsons_coenzymeq10_101402.htm
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sturge/sturge.htm
• Swallowing Disorders Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/swallowing_disorders/swallowing_disorders.htm
• Syringomyelia Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/syringomyelia/syringomyelia.htm
• Tay-Sachs Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/taysachs/taysachs.htm
• The Life and Death of a Neuron
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/ninds_neuron.htm
• The Neurological Sequelae Of Lupus
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/lupus/lupus.htm
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/thoracic/thoracic.htm
• Tourette Syndrome (TS)
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/tourette.htm
• Transient Ischemic Attack Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tia/tia.htm
• Transverse Myelitis Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/transversemyelitis/detail_transversemyelitis.htm
• Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/tbi.htm
• Traumatic Brain Injury: Hope Through Research
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/detail_tbi.htm
• Tremor
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tremor/tremor.htm
• Tuberous Sclerosis Fact Sheet
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tuberous_sclerosis/detail_tuberous_sclerosis.htm
• Vaccine Reduces Parkinson's Disease Neurodegeneration in Mice
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/news_article_parkinson_vaccine.htm
• von Hippel-Lindau Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/vonhippe/vonhippe.htm
• Wilson's Disease
  http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/wilsons/wilsons.htm

Print Resources

Consumer publications are available on autism, Batten disease, brain and spinal cord tumors, cerebral palsy, dystonias, febrile seizures, Guillain-Barre syndrome, headache, head injury, multiple sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, Parkinson's disease, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, stroke, post-polio syndrome, progressive supranuclear palsy, syringomyelia, epilepsy, Huntington's disease, pain, shingles, restless leg syndrome, Rett syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), arteriovenous malformations, cephalic disorders, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Friedreich's ataxia, hydrocephalus, sleep, transverse myelitis, tuberous sclerosis, and Tourette syndrome. Information for professionals includes material on research and training programs, stroke, syringomyelia, and spinal cord injury.

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Review Date

Mon Jun 2, 2008