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The Neurological, Aging and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology [NAME] Study Section reviews applications on epidemiologic research in neurological disorders (including Alzheimer's disease, dementias, stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and neurodevelopment), conditions related to human aging (including falls and fractures, functional status, frailty, quality of life, health care use, healthy aging and longevity), and musculoskeletal conditions (including arthritis, osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis, osteoporosis, and bone development in children, and musculoskeletal injury). Specific areas covered by NAME:

• The general characteristics of the distribution of neurological disorders, conditions related to human aging, and musculoskeletal conditions in human populations in relation to time, place, and personal characteristics.
• Elucidation of the determinants and biomarkers of neurological disorders, conditions related to human aging, and musculoskeletal conditions by assembling groups of individuals to determine systematically whether the risk of disease/condition is different for individuals who are exposed or not exposed to specific factors (or combinations of factors) of interest. These may be either risk or protective factors and include genetic, epigenetic, molecular, behavioral, and environmental factors.
• Development and improvement of research designs and methodologies addressing epidemiologic questions in neurological disorders, conditions related to human aging, and musculoskeletal conditions.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Aging Systems and Geriatrics [ASG]
Genetics of Health and Disease [GHD]
Adult Psychopathology and Disorders of Aging [APDA]
Nursing Science: Adults and Older Adults [NSAA]
Skeletal Biology Developmental and Disease [SBDD]