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- Absence of the Septum Pellucidum
- Acid Lipase Disease
- Acute Cerebellar Ataxia
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
- Agnosia
- Aicardi Syndrome
- Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome
- Alexander Disease
- Alpers’ Disease
- Alternating Hemiplegia
- Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Anencephaly
- Angelman Syndrome
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Apraxia
- Arachnoid Cysts
- Arachnoiditis
- Arginase-1 Deficiency (ARG1-D)
- Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency
- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Asperger Syndrome
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Ataxias and Cerebellar or Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
- Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
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C
- Canavan Disease
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder
- Central Cord Syndrome
- Central Pain Syndrome
- Central Pontine Myelinolysis
- Cephalic Disorders
- Cerebellar Degeneration
- Cerebellar Hypoplasia
- Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Cerebral Aneurysms
- Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
- Cerebral Atrophy
- Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
- Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
- Cerebral Hypoxia
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebro-Oculo-Facio-Skeletal Syndrome (COFS)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Chiari Malformation
- Childhood Stroke
- Chorea
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
- Chronic Pain
- Coffin Lowry Syndrome
- Colpocephaly
- Coma
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Congenital Myasthenia
- Congenital Myopathies
- Corticobasal Degeneration
- Craniosynostosis
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Cushing’s Syndrome
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E
F
G
H
- Headache
- Hemicrania Continua
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hemimegalencephaly
- Hemiplegia
- Hereditary Neuropathies
- Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis/Paraplegia
- Herpes Zoster Oticus
- Holmes-Adie Syndrome
- Holoprosencephaly
- Homocystinuria
- Huntington’s Disease
- Hydranencephaly
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydromyelia
- Hypersomnia
- Hypertonia
- Hypothalamic Hamartoma
- Hypotonia
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
I
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K
L
M
- Machado-Joseph Disease
- Megalencephaly
- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
- Meningitis and Encephalitis
- Menkes Disease
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
- Microcephaly
- Migraine
- Miller Fisher Syndrome
- Mitochondrial Myopathies
- Moebius Syndrome
- Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Type A
- Monomelic Amyotrophy
- Motor Neuron Diseases
- Motor Stereotypies
- Moyamoya Disease
- Mucolipidoses
- Mucopolysaccharidoses
- Multi-Infarct Dementia
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Multiple System Atrophy with Orthostatic Hypotension
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myoclonus
- Myopathy
- Myotonia
- Myotonia Congenita
N
- Narcolepsy
- Neuroacanthocytosis
- Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation
- Neurofibromatosis Type 1
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
- Neurological Complications of AIDS
- Neurological Complications of Lyme Disease
- Neurological Consequences of Cytomegalovirus Infection
- Neurological Sequelae Of Lupus
- Neuromyelitis Optica
- Neuronal Migration Disorders
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Neurosyphilis
- Neurotoxicity
- Niemann-Pick Disease
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
O
P
- Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis
- Paroxysmal Hemicrania
- Parry-Romberg Syndrome
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
- Perinatal Stroke
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Pinched Nerve
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Pituitary Tumors
- Polymyositis
- Pompe Disease
- Porencephaly/Cystic Encephalomalacia
- Post-Polio Syndrome
- Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Primary Lateral Sclerosis
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
- Prosopagnosia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
R
S
- Sandhoff Disease
- Schilder’s Disease
- Schizencephaly
- Septo-Optic Dysplasia
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Shingles
- Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Sleep Apnea
- Sotos Syndrome
- Spasticity
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Infarction
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Stiff-Person Syndrome
- Striatonigral Degeneration
- Sturge-Weber Syndrome
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
- SUNCT Headache
- Swallowing Disorders
- Sydenham Chorea
- Syncope
- SYNGAP1-Related Disorder
- Syringomyelia
T
- Tabes Dorsalis
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Tarlov Cysts
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Tay-Sachs Disease – OLD
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Thyrotoxic Myopathy
- Todd’s Paralysis
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transient Ischemic Attack
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
- Transverse Myelitis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
- Troyer Syndrome
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
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