Neurology

Neurology is the study and diagnosis of disorders occuring in part to a malfunction in the nervous system. The study of neurologic disorders is a broad and intensive field of study.

 Common Neurologic Disorders/Diseases:

  • Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Huntington's Disease (HD)
  • Sleeping Disorders
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Dementia
  • Autism
  • Aphasia
  • Epilepsy
  • Meningitis
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

 Categories of Disorders:

Movement Disorder: Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease

Degenerative Neurological Disease: Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease

Seizure Disorder: Epilepsy

Delusional: Schizophrenia

Behavioral: ADHD

Pervasive: Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Rett's Syndrome

Demyelinating: Multiple Sclerosis