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Category: Brain and Nerves

Abetalipoproteinemia
Acamprosate for alcohol abuse and dependence
Acyclovir for encephalitis
Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency
ADHD: Helping your child get the most out of school
ADHD: Helping your child get things done
ADHD: Should my child take medicine for ADHD?
Adult Brain Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Adult Brain Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
Agnosia, Primary Visual
Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Alcohol and Drug Problems
Alcohol and Substance Abuse in PTSD
Alcohol Effects on a Fetus
Alcohol problems: Helping someone get treatment
Alcohol problems: How to stop drinking
Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP) in Blood
Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
Altitude Sickness
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease: Should I take medicines?
Alzheimer's or other dementia: Should I move my relative into long-term care?
Amantadine for Parkinson's disease
Ammonia
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Anemia, Hemolytic, Warm Antibody
Anencephaly
Anesthesia
Angiogram of the Head and Neck
Anorexia Nervosa
Antibiotics for bacterial meningitis
Antibiotics for Lyme disease
Anticholinergic agents for Parkinson's disease
Anticholinergic medicines for cerebral palsy
Anticholinergics for urinary incontinence in spinal cord injuries
Anticoagulants for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Anticonvulsants for cerebral palsy
Anticonvulsants for chronic pain
Anticonvulsants for restless legs syndrome
Antidepressant medicines used to treat OCD
Antiemetics (phenothiazines)
Antihistamines for vertigo
Antihypertensives for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Antiplatelets for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Antipsychotics for child and teen bipolar disorder
Antipsychotics for the treatment of bipolar disorder
Antispasmodics (muscle relaxants) for cerebral palsy
Antivirals for shingles
Anxiety
Apraxia
Arachnoid Cysts
Arachnoiditis
Asperger's Syndrome
Aspirin for stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Astrocytoma
Astrocytoma, Malignant
Ataxia with Vitamin E Deficiency
Ataxia, Friedreich's
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Autism
Avoiding Mercury in Fish
Bell's Palsy
Benign Essential Tremor
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Benzodiazepines for epilepsy
Benzodiazepines for panic disorder
Benzodiazepines for restless legs syndrome
Benzodiazepines for social anxiety disorder
Beta-blockers for migraine headaches
Binge Eating Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Bipolar disorder in children: Helping your child prevent manic episodes
Bipolar disorder: Preventing manic episodes
Blood Alcohol
Borderline Personality Disorder
Brachial Plexus Palsy
Brain Aneurysm
Brain Tumors, General
Brandt-Daroff exercise for vertigo
Brown Sequard Syndrome
Bulimia Nervosa
Calcium channel blockers for cluster headaches
Calcium channel blockers for migraine headaches
Canavan Disease
Cancer: Home Treatment for Sleep Problems
Capsaicin
Carbamazepine for epilepsy
Carnosinemia
Carotid endarterectomy for TIA and stroke
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome: Should I have surgery?
Caudal Regression Syndrome
Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, Congenital
Cerebellar Agenesis
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus
Cervical Disc Herniation
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Childhood Astrocytomas (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Brain Stem Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Central Nervous System Embryonal Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Ependymoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Ependymoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Childhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome: Using cognitive-behavioral therapy
Chronic fatigue syndrome: Using graded exercise to get more energy
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Chronic Pain
Clozapine for schizophrenia
Cluster Headaches
Cochlear Implants
Coffin Siris Syndrome
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for pain management
Computed Tomography (CT) Scan of the Head and Face
Computed Tomography (CT) Scan of the Spine
COMT inhibitors for Parkinson's disease
Concussion
Confusion, Memory Loss, and Altered Alertness
Congenital Hydrocephalus
Corticobasal Degeneration
Corticosteroids for carpal tunnel syndrome
Corticosteroids for multiple sclerosis
Corticosteroids for shingles
Counseling for PTSD
Cranial Ultrasound
Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia
Cysticercosis
Cytomegalovirus Infection
De Santis Cacchione Syndrome
Deciding to Get Treatment for PTSD
Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
Degenerative Disc Disease
Dementia
Depression
Depression in Children and Teens
Depression: Dealing with medicine side effects
Depression: Helping someone get treatment
Depression: Managing postpartum depression
Depression: Should I stop taking my antidepressant?
Depression: Should I take an antidepressant?
Depression: Should I take antidepressants while I'm pregnant?
Depression: Should my child take medicine to treat depression?
Depression: Supporting someone who is depressed
Depression: Taking antidepressants safely
Diabetic Neuropathy
Diencephalic Syndrome
Disulfiram
Dix-Hallpike test for vertigo
Dizziness: Lightheadedness and Vertigo
Dopamine agonists for Parkinson's disease
Dopamine precursors and agonists for restless legs syndrome
Dravet Syndrome
Dyslexia
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies
Electronystagmogram (ENG)
Electronystagmogram for vertigo
Encephalitis
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex
Encephalitis, Japanese
Encephalitis, Rasmussen's
Endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
Eosinophilia Myalgia
Epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis
Epilepsy
Epilepsy: Taking your medicines properly
Ergotamines for cluster headaches
Ergotamines for migraine headaches
Erythrokeratodermia with Ataxia
Ethosuximide for epilepsy
Evoked potential test for multiple sclerosis
Fainting
Familial Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification
Fear and Anger in PTSD
Feeling Depressed
Felbamate for epilepsy
Fetal Valproate Syndrome
First-generation antipsychotics for treating schizophrenia
Floating Harbor Syndrome
Gabapentin for epilepsy
Gait analysis for cerebral palsy
Gastroparesis
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Gerstmann Syndrome
Giant Axonal Neuropathy
Glatiramer acetate for multiple sclerosis
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Grief and Grieving
Grief and PTSD
Grief: Coping with grief
Grief: Helping children with grief
Grief: Helping older adults with grief
Grief: Helping teens with grief
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger
Head Injury, Age 4 and Older
Headaches
Headaches in Children
Headaches: Identifying and avoiding triggers
Headaches: Managing a headache
Headaches: Should I have imaging tests to find out what's causing my headaches?
Headaches: Should I take medicine to prevent migraines?
Headaches: Should I take prescription medicine for tension headaches?
Hearing Aids
Hearing Loss
Heart attack: Should I take daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke?
Helping a Family Member Who Has PTSD
Helping a Person During a Seizure
Hemimegalencephaly
Herniated Disc
Hiccups, Chronic
High-flow oxygen inhalation therapy for cluster headaches
Holoprosencephaly
HTLV Type I and Type II
Human HOXA1 Syndromes
Huntington's Disease Genetic Test
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning
Hyperexplexia
Hyperhidrosis, Primary
Injectable antispasmodic medicines for cerebral palsy
Insomnia
Insomnia: Improving your sleep
Insomnia: Should I take sleeping pills?
Interactive Tool: Are You Depressed?
Interactive Tool: Do You Have a Drinking Problem?
Interactive Tool: What Is Your Risk for a Stroke if You Have Atrial Fibrillation?
Interferon beta for multiple sclerosis
Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
Kearns Sayre Syndrome
Kernicterus
Kernicterus
L1 Syndrome
Lamotrigine for epilepsy
Landau Kleffner Syndrome
Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Leg Problems, Noninjury
Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
Leptospirosis
Leukodystrophy
Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic
Levetiracetam for epilepsy
Levodopa medicines for Parkinson's disease
Lithium for cluster headaches
Living With a Spinal Cord Injury
Living With More Than One Health Problem
Locked In Syndrome
Low back pain: Should I have spinal manipulation?
Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy
Lumbar Puncture
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)
Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease Test
Mad Cow Disease
Magnesium (Mg)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Head
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Spine
Mal de Debarquement
MAO-B inhibitors for Parkinson's disease
Marinesco Sjogren Syndrome
Meckel Syndrome
Medulloblastoma
Meige Syndrome
Melatonin
Memantine for Alzheimer's disease
Ménière's Disease
Meningioma
Meningitis
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Mental Health Assessment
Mental Health Problems and Mind-Body Wellness
Mental Health Problems and Stigma
MERRF Syndrome
Migraine Headaches
Migraines: Identifying and avoiding triggers
Mitoxantrone for multiple sclerosis
Moebius Syndrome
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) for depression
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) for panic disorder
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) for social anxiety disorder
Mood stabilizers for child and teen bipolar disorder
Mood-stabilizing medicines for bipolar disorder
Morton's Neuroma
Motion Sickness
Motor Neuron Disease
Mountain Sickness, Acute
Mulibrey Nanism
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Multiple sclerosis: Rehabilitation programs
Multiple sclerosis: Should I start taking medicines for MS?
Multiple System Atrophy
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Myelogram
Myotonia Congenita
Naltrexone for alcohol or drug dependence
Neonatal-onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease
Nervous System Problems
Neurasthenia
Neuroblastoma Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Neuroblastoma Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]
Neuroblastoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Neuroblastoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation Type 1
Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF-2)
Neurological examination for multiple sclerosis
Neuromyelitis Optica
Neuromyotonia
Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa
Neuropathy, Hereditary Sensory, Type IV
Neuropathy, Peripheral
Neurotransplantation for Parkinson's disease
Norrie Disease
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Should I take medicine for OCD?
Oculocerebrocutaneous Syndrome
Office Ergonomics
Open carpal tunnel surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
Opioid analgesics for chronic pain
Opioids for restless legs syndrome
Opioids for spinal stenosis
Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
Orthopedic surgery for cerebral palsy
Other antidepressants for depression
Other Types of Counseling for PTSD
Oxcarbazepine for epilepsy
Pallidotomy (posteroventral pallidotomy) for Parkinson's disease
Pallister W Syndrome
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
Panic disorder: Should I take medicine?
Papillitis
Parkinson's Disease
Parsonage Turner Syndrome
Pelizaeus Merzbacher Brain Sclerosis
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Perisylvian Syndrome, Congenital Bilateral
Phenobarbital for epilepsy
Phenytoin for epilepsy
Physical exam for carpal tunnel syndrome
Physical Therapy
Pick disease
Pineal Cysts, Symptomatic
Pituitary Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Pituitary Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
POEMS Syndrome
Polyglucosan Body Disease, Adult
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Post-Polio Syndrome
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Postoperative Problems
Postpartum Depression
Prazosin for PTSD
Prescription sleep medicines
Preventing Falls
Primary CNS Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]
Primary CNS Lymphoma Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]
Primary Orthostatic Tremor
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Pseudotumor Cerebri
PTSD and Depression
PTSD and Negative Coping
PTSD and Panic Attacks
PTSD and Physical Health Problems
PTSD and Suicide
PTSD and Your Family
Pudendal Neuralgia
Pyridoxine-Dependent Seizures
Rabies
Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Pain
Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
Refsum Disease
Restless Legs Syndrome
Reye Syndrome
Ringing in the Ears (Tinnitus)
RLS: Getting more sleep
Rosenberg Chutorian Syndrome
Roussy Levy Syndrome
Safety Tips When Taking Anticoagulants
Santavuori Disease
Schizophrenia
Sciatica
Scopolamine (Transderm-Scop) for vertigo
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder: Using light therapy
Second-generation antipsychotics for treating schizophrenia
Sedatives for vertigo
Seizure medicine to prevent migraine headaches
Seizures
Selective dorsal rhizotomy
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression in children and teens
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for PTSD
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for depression and pain after a stroke
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for panic disorder
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for social anxiety disorder
Self-Test for Breath Alcohol
Semont and Epley maneuvers for vertigo
Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Serotonin antagonists (5-HT3 receptor antagonists)
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Shingles
Sleep and Your Body Clock
Sleep Problems, Age 12 and Older
Sleep problems: Dealing with jet lag
Sleep Studies
Sleeping Better
Sneddon Syndrome
Social Anxiety Disorder
Speech and Language Development
Spina Bifida
Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Spinal stenosis: Should I have surgery?
Stiff Person Syndrome
Stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Streptococcus, Group B
Stress Management
Stress Relief and Relaxation
Stroke
Stroke recovery: Coping with eating problems
Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke: Should I have carotid endarterectomy?
Stroke: Should I move my loved one into long-term care?
Stuttering
Substance abuse: Dealing with teen substance use
Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Suicidal Thoughts or Threats
Susac's Syndrome
Syphilis, Congenital
Taking Medicines for Schizophrenia
Tardive Dyskinesia
Tarlov Cysts
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tay-Sachs Disease
Tay-Sachs Test
Teen Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Tension Headaches
Tetanus
Thalamic Syndrome (Dejerine Roussy)
Thalamotomy for Parkinson's disease
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Tiagabine for epilepsy
Tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for stroke
Topiramate for epilepsy
Tourette's Disorder
Toxoplasmosis
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Transverse Myelitis
Tremor
Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants for depression
Tricyclic antidepressants for chronic pain
Tricyclic antidepressants for panic disorder
Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)
Triosephosphate Isomerase Deficiency
Triptans (serotonin receptor agonists) for migraine headaches
Triptans for cluster headaches
Turcot Syndrome
Typical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
VACTERL with Hydrocephalus
Vagus nerve stimulator for epilepsy
Valproic acid for epilepsy
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
Vascular Malformations of the Brain
Vertigo: Balance exercises
Vertigo: Staying safe when you have balance problems
Vestibular Neuritis
Vitamin B12
Vogt Koyanagi Harada Syndrome
War, Stress, and PTSD
Weakness and Fatigue
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
West Nile Encephalitis
West Nile Virus
West Syndrome
When to Get Help for PTSD
Wolfram Syndrome
Wrist care: Preventing carpal tunnel syndrome
Zonisamide for epilepsy
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