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Nervous System and Brain

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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery


Autonomic Nervous System Diseases

(Jump to: Organizations | General Information | Baroreflex Failure | Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Deficiency | Familial Dysautonomia | Multiple System Atrophy | Neurally Mediated Syncope | Orthostatic Intolerance | Other Autonomic Dysfunctions )

Organizations
National Dysautonomia Research Foundation (NDRF)
Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center (VADC)
Dysautonomia Foundation


General Information
Autonomic Nervous System:American Heart Association
Autonomic Neuropathy:Mayo Clinic
Dysautonomia:NINDS
What is Dysautonomia?:NDRF
Handbook for Patients With Dysautonomia:NDRF
Classification of Autonomic Dysfunctions:NDRF
Hereditary Dysautonomias: Current Knowledge and Collaborations for the Future:NINDS Workshop (2002)
Autonomic Nervous System Disorders:MedlinePlus


Baroreflex Failure
Baroreflex Failure:NDRF
Baroreflex Failure:VADC


Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Deficiency
Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Deficiency:VADC
Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Deficiency:GeneReviews


Familial Dysautonomia
What is Familial Dysautonomia?:Dysautonomia Foundation
Familial Dysautonomia:Jewish Genetic Diseases
About Familial Dysautonomia:NYU School of Medicine
Familial Dysautonomia:GeneReviews


Multiple System Atrophy
Multiple System Atrophy:NINDS
Multiple System Atrophy:We Move
Multiple Systems Atrophy / Shy-Drager Syndrome:VADC
Mutltiple System Atrophy (MSA) FAQ:SDS/MSA Support Group
The Physician's Guide to Multiple System Atrophy:NORD
Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension (Shy-Drager Syndrome):NINDS
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy:NINDS
Sporadic Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy (OPCA):National Ataxia Foundation [PDF]
Striatonigral Degeneration:NINDS


Neurally Mediated Syncope
Neurally Mediated / Neurocardiogenic Syncope:NDRF
Neurally Mediated Syncope:VADC


Orthostatic Intolerance
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome:NINDS
Orthostatic Intolerance:NDRF
Orthostatic Intolerance / Tachycardia (POTS):VADC


Other Autonomic Dysfunctions
Autonomic Dysreflexia:Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
Horner Syndrome, see Eye Diseases, Neuro-Ophthalmologic Disorders
Pure Autonomic Failure (Bradbury-Eggleston Syndrome):VADC


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