Guideline Projects in Process

The AAN is currently developing guidelines on the following topics (as of June 2012):

• Brain Injury and Brain Death
• Brain Injury and Cardiac Arrest
• Sports Concussions (Update)
• Disorders of Consciousness (Update)
• Dementia
• Select Dietary Supplements in the Management of Alzheimer's Disease
• Detection of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (Update)
• Testing for Protein 14–3–3 in Suspected Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease
• Use of Technology in the Diagnosis of Dementia
• Epilepsy
• Efficacy and Tolerability of the New AEDs (Update)
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Update)
• Treatment of Adult with First Unprovoked Seizure
• Risk Factors for Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
• Movement Disorders
• Treatment of Tardive Syndromes
• Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome
• Treatment of Chorea in Huntington's Disease
• Initiation of Treatment for Parkinson Disease (Update)
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Rehabilitation in MS
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine in MS
• Emotional and Cognitive Disorders in MS
• Immunization and MS
• Neuromuscular
• Muscular Dystrophy: Congenital
• Muscular Dystrophy: Limb–girdle
• Muscular Dystrophy: Myotonic
• Muscular Dystrophy: Facioscapulohumeral 
• Stroke and Vascular Neurology
• Laboratory Assessment of Hypercoagulation in Stroke
• Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• Carotid Artery Stenting
• Perioperative Management of Anti–Thrombolytic Medication
• Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
• Recurrent Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Aneurysm (Update)
• Technology Assessments
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Functional MRI in Neurology
• Botulinum Neurotoxin (Update)
• Other
• Steroids, Acyclovir, and Surgery for Bell's Palsy (Update)
• Treatment of Neurocysticercosis
• Treatment of Low–Grade Glioma in Adults
• Fragile X–associated tremor ataxia syndrome
• Medical Marijuana
• Techniques in the Diagnosis and Management of Sleep Disorders (Update)
• Neuroenhancement
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical and Radiologic Tests for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
• Vestibular Testing (Update)