Brain Disorders

A-Z Disorders

The Brain Foundation’s A-Z of Brain Disorders aims to provide a resource for people newly-diagnosed with brain-related disorders, their friends and relatives, and health professionals.
The directory contains basic information, reviewed by medical experts, about the condition and where to turn for additional information and for support.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Acoustic Neuroma

Acquired Brain Injury

Agenesis Corpus Callosum

Alzheimer’s Disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Aneurysm

Aphasia

Arteriovenous Malformation

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Brain Tumour / Cancer

Cerebral Lupus

Cerebral Palsy

Cervical Dystonia

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder

Chiari Malformation

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Cluster Headache

Coma

Concussion

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Dementia (Non-Alzheimer type)

Familial Dysautonomia

Friedreich’s Ataxia

Gaucher Disease

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Headaches (various types)

Huntington’s Disease

Hydrocephalus

Intracranial Hypertension

Kennedy’s Disease

Leukodystrophy

Locked-in Syndrome (LiS)

Ménière’s Disease

Meningitis

Meningococcal Disease

Migraine

Minimally Conscious State

Motor Neurone Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple System Atrophy

Peripheral Neuropathy

Prader-Willi Syndrome

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Restless Legs Syndrome

Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak

Stroke

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Transient Ischaemic Attack

Transverse Myelitis

Traumatic Brain Injury

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Tuberous Sclerosis

Vegetative State

Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome

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