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Common Neurological Disorders

  • Alzheimers

    Dementia and Alzheimer’s
    Dementia is the loss of ability to think due to the impairment of memory. Generally used to describe an abnormal part of the ageing process. There are many different types of dementia, and many different causes.

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most commo...
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  • Autism

    Autistic disorder (sometimes called autism or classical ASD) is the most common condition in a group of developmental disorders known as the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

    Autistic children have difficulties with social interaction, display problems with verbal and nonverbal communi...
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  • Cerebral Palsy

    The term cerebral palsy refers to any one of a number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination but don’t worsen over time. Even though cerebral palsy affects muscle movement, it isn’t caused by problems in the...
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  • Dyslexia

    Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence. Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics...
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  • Epilepsy

    Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain have burts of excessive and disorderlyactivity. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed; the bursts of abnormal activity can cause strange sensations, emotions, and behaviour o...
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  • Huntington's

    Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas of the brain. This degeneration causes uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual faculties, and emotional disturbance. HD is a familial disease, passed from parent to c...
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  • Migraine

    The pain of a migraine headache is often described as an intense pulsing or throbbing pain in one area of the head. It is often accompanied by extreme sensitivity to light and sound, nausea, and vomiting. Migraine is three times more common in women than in men. Some individuals can predict the...
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  • Multiple Sclerosis

    An unpredictable disease of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis (MS) can range from relatively benign to somewhat disabling to devastating, as communication between the brain and other parts of the body is disrupted.  Many investigators believe MS to be an autoimmune disease - one in...
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  • Parkinson's

    Parkinson's disease (PD) belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders, which are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. The four primary symptoms of PD are tremor, or trembling in hands, arms, legs, jaw, and face; rigidity, or stiffness of the limbs and trun...
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  • Stroke

    A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the brain. Brain cells die when they no longer receive oxygen and nutrients from the blood or there is sudden bleeding into or around the brain. The...
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  • Traumatic Brain Injury

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a form of acquired brain injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes damage to the brain. TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, or when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue.  Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or se...
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