Neurological Disorders
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- John's Town
- Several areas of concerns written by experts and PALS, person with ALS. Contains links to other sites, personal and professional.
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- Rockin' For A Cure
- Fundraiser for ALS research in Madison, Wisconsin. The founder is Steve Weekes, diagnosed with ALS, along with Wall Of Sound, and the MDA. Find photo galleries, learn about ALS and meet Steve.
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- ALS Therapy Development Foundation
- Using entrepreneurial spirit and techniques to seek out and develop promising therapies to slow, arrest and cure ALS.
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- Neural Signals, Inc
- Neural Signals provides alternative communication methods to locked in patients through direct brain to computer interface.
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- Dysautonomia Foundation
- Familial dysautonomia, press releases, information on summer camps for kids and adults, details about the organization and FD itself.
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- Jewish Genetic Disease
- A definition of familial dysautonomia, its inheritance patterns and symptoms.
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- The American Journal of Human Genetics
- Scientists identify the gene for familial dysautonomia, a degenerative neurological disorder. (January 11, 2001)
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- MedinineNet
- An article about gustatory sweating. A definition, the symptoms, causes and treatment.
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- Patient UK: Horner's Syndrome
- Factsheet with description, neuroanatomy, presentation, aetiology, differential diagnosis and investigations.
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- Holiday cruise left woman feeling permanently seasick
- The BBC reports on one of the hundred or so cases of MdDS. (March 17, 2013)
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- Jewish Genetic Diseases: Machado Joseph Disease
- Description of this autosomal dominant genetic disorder of the nervous system, symptoms, incidence, testing and resources.
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- MedlinePlus: Aicardi Syndrome
- Definition, symptoms, signs and treatments. Includes support group information plus an illustration.
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- Patient UK: Aicardi Syndrome
- Factsheet on this rare genetic disorder, its epidemiology, presentation, investigations, management and prognosis.
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- Amnesia Support Group
- Designed to help amnesia patients and relatives, in coping with all forms of Amnesia and the problem that occur in daily life. Site is in German and English.
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- How can musicians keep playing despite amnesia?
- The BBC describes the case of the British conductor and musician Clive Wearing, who contracted a brain infection in 1985, and was left with a memory span of only 10 seconds. Despite being acknowledged by doctors as having one of the most severe cases of amnesia ever, his musical ability and much of his musical memory was intact. (November 21, 2011)