Brain Diseases

When the brain is healthy it functions quickly and automatically. However, when problems occur, the results can be devastating. Some of the major types of disorders include:

• neurogenetic diseases, eg. Huntington’s disease and muscular dystrophy;
• developmental disorders, eg. cerebral palsy;
• degenerative diseases of adult life, eg. Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease;
• metabolic diseases, eg. Gaucher’s disease;
• cerebrovascular diseases, eg. stroke and vascular dementia;
• trauma, eg. spinal cord and head injury;
• convulsive disorders, eg. epilepsy;
• infectious diseases, eg. AIDS dementia; and
• brain tumors

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