JEFFSelects: Neurology

General Neurology Resources | Professional Organizations, Education and Training | Epilepsy | Alzheimer's Disease

• Archives of Neurology (AMA)
  Includes table of contents, abstracts of articles in the current and two previous issues, and instructions to authors desiring to submit materials for publication.
• Bioinformatics and Biological Computing (Weizmann Institute of Science )
  The "toolbox" deals with design and development of tools for bioinformatics, especially in the areas of molecular biology and genome analysis. A section on education includes course materials and tutorials.
• The Dana Alliance
  An alliance of neuroscientists working together to promote the public and personal benefits of brain research. This site will help answer questions about brain-related research and provide information about new developments in that research.
• Merck Manual: Section 14, Neurologic Disorders
  The noted Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy addresses all types of neurologic disorders.
• National Institute of Mental Health NIMH)
  Includes Consensus Conference proceedings, listing of mental health meetings and conferences, clinical studies, basic and clinical neuroscience research, genetics research and reports, Human Brain Project, intramural research programs, AIDS research, and suicide research, and grant and funding opportunities.
• Neuroscience Gateway (Nature Pub. Group & Allen Inst. for Brain Science)
  Neuroscience Gateway is a free online resource for advanced neuroscience and genomics research.
• The Whole Brain Atlas (Harvard University)
  A Neuroimaging Primer, containing extensive tomographic image examples and clinical case reports by Keith A. Johnson, MD.

• American Board of Neurological Surgery
  Contains information on qualifiying for certification.
• Brain and Cognitive Sciences (MIT OpenCourseWare)
  Teaching materials for over 70 undergraduate and graduate courses from MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. The OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative provides syllabi, lecture notes, study materials, and links to additional readings.
• International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain
  Contains conference date, venue, registration and program information.
• NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
  Shared resources for neuroscience research: animal models, imaging tools, neuroinformatics, computational biology equipment, infrastructure, training programs.

• Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (Washington University)
  Includes many links to information about Approved and unapproved agents used in the treatment of epilepsy, a topical page with links to the diet, publications about it and an excel speadsheet used to calculate the diet, and more.
• Epilepsy Foundation of America
  Provides epilepsy patients with research, professional education, public and family education, legal and legislative advocacy and employment assistance.
• World Health Organization Fact Sheets
  • Epilepsy: aetiology, epidemiology and prognosis.
  • Epilepsy: historical overview.
  • Epilepsy: scientific and medical advances.
  • Epilepsy: social consequences and economic aspects.

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  Select "Clinical Information" to locate clinical guidelines for Early Alzheimer's Disease: Recognition and Assessment-Overview. >
• Alzheimer's Disease: Public Information (American Psychiatric Association)
  A source for patient information, this site provides basic diagnosis, research and coping with the disese in layperson's language. />
• The Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia (U. of California)
  Provides basic clinical information for practitioners on Alzheimer's Disease and dementia, incuding a "medical student lecture."
• National Cell Repository (Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center)
  Family history information and genetic material are gathered from families with histories of Alzheimer Disease (AD). Investigators from around the world request this information and material. After each project is reviewed for validity and ethical guidelines, information and genetic material are then made available to researchers.
• The Nun Study (NIA)
  A longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease funded by the National Institute on Aging. This pilot study on aging began in 1986. It is an ongoing, one-of-a-kind resource for the study of brain diseases in the elderly. The primary research question is "What factors in early, mid, and late life increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, and other brain diseases such as stroke?" The archives contain accurate risk factor data spanning the entire lifespan of the participants.

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