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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

Motor Neuron Diseases

(Jump to: Overviews | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia | Monomelic Amyotrophy | Multifocal Motor Neuropathy | Poliomyelitis | Post-Polio Syndrome | Primary Lateral Sclerosis | Spinal Muscular Atrophy )

Overviews of Motor Neuron Disease
Muscle Stimulation Disorders:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Motor Neuron Diseases Fact Sheet:NINDS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
General Information
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Fact Sheet:NINDS
Facts About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease):Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA/ALS Centers:Muscular Dystrophy Association
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis:MedlinePlus
Treatment of ALS
ALS Treatment:The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins
How is ALS Treated?:NINDS
Coping With ALS
Everyday Life with ALS: A Practical Guide:Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA ALS Caregiver's Guide: Muscular Dystrophy Association
For People with ALS and Caregivers:ALS Association
Living with ALS Manuals:ALS Association
Genetics of ALS
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
General Information
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia:NINDS
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia:We Move
Therapy and Treatments:Spastic Paraplegia Foundation

Monomelic Amyotrophy
Monomelic Amyotrophy:NINDS

Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy:NINDS

Poliomyelitis
Polio:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Polio:March of Dimes
Polio:Mayo Clinic
Polio Vaccine:CDC [PDF]
Poliomyelitis:World Health Organization
Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome:MedlinePlus

Post-Polio Syndrome
Post-Polio Syndrome Fact Sheet:NINDS
Post-Polio Syndrome:Mayo Clinic

Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Primary Lateral Sclerosis:NINDS
PLS General Information:Spastic Paraplegia Foundation
Therapy and Treatments:Spastic Paraplegia Foundation
Juvenile Primary Lateral Sclerosis:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
ALS2-Related Disorders:GeneReviews

Spinal Muscular Atrophy
General Information
Spinal Muscular Atrophy:NINDS
Understanding SMA:Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Facts About Spinal Muscular Atrophy:Muscular Dystrophy Association
Spinal Muscular Atrophy:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
Spinal Muscular Atrophy:MedlinePlus
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I (SMA-1)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (Werdnig-Hoffmann):Muscular Dystrophy Association
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I (SMA-1):RRTC/NMD
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II (SMA-2)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 (SMA or SMA2):Muscular Dystrophy Association
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II (SMA-2):RRTC/NMD
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III (SMA-3)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 (SMA3, Kugelberg-Welander Disease):Muscular Dystrophy Association
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III (SMA-3):RRTC/NMD
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type IV (SMA-4)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type IV (SMA-4):RRTC/NMD
Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy Type V
Distal Hereditary Motor Neuropathy, Type V:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
BSCL2-Related Neurologic Disorders:GeneReviews
Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Kennedy's Disease:NINDS
Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (SBMA):Muscular Dystrophy Association
Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy:RRTC/NMD
Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy:Genetics Home Reference, NLM

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