NINDS Information & Resources

The American Academy of Neurology announces an online collaboration with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a leader in research on brain and nervous system disorders. Through a dynamic RSS feed from the NINDS website, current news, information, and press releases from NINDS are now available on AAN.com.

In addition, AAN.com features an index of neurological disorders provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Search for a disorder in the index.

NIH Reviewer Program

Become an NIH reviewer for the National Institutes of Neurological Disease and Stroke. Nominate a colleague, or yourself, to become an NIH study section member and review grant proposals for clinical research in neurology. Learn how to nominate a reviewer for the NIH reviewer program.

Disorders Index

This valuable tool offers detailed descriptions, facts on treatment and prognosis, and patient organization contact information for more than 250 identified neurological disorders.

Intended for use both by physicians and patients, the NINDS index provides information on disorders arranged by name, featuring topics such as:

  • Description of disorder
  • Prognosis
  • Treatment
  • Research
  • Organizations

Search for a disorder in the index using the alphabetical navigation bar at the top of each page within the index.

Participating in Clinical Research

Clinical trials are research studies on humans that are designed to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies, to test new ways of using known treatments, or to find out more about a disorder. NINDS online patient information pages offer information for physicians and patients who want to learn about or participate in these research studies of neurological diseases, and to help people quickly find actively recruiting research studies for which they may be eligible.

Click on the specific disorder and follow the Clinical Trials link to:

For many disorders, NINDS now offers a Clinical Trials "spotlight" at the top of the patient information page. Also in the box is a link leading to additional trial information. Each trial listed in the spotlight is actively recruiting and provides a contact for further information.

*This link represents the NIH online clinical trials database, which has information about federally and privately funded clinical research studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions. You can access this database directly at http://clinicaltrials.gov/ to learn about the location of research studies in need of participants, as well as their purpose and criteria for patient participation.

Research Mission & Funding from NINDS

The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease, a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world. To support this mission, NINDS

  • Conducts, fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas
  • Provides grants-in-aid to public and private institutions and individuals in fields related to its areas of interest, including research project, program project, and research center grants
  • Operates a program of contracts for the funding of research and research support efforts in selected areas of institute need
  • Provides individual and institutional fellowships to increase scientific expertise in neurological fields
  • Conducts a diversified program of intramural and collaborative research in its own laboratories, branches, and clinics
  • Collects and disseminates research information related to neurological disorders

Funding Overview from NINDS

Topics of Special Interest

Additional Information

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