NINDS is the nation's leading funder of research on the brain and nervous system. Find information on neurological disorders, stroke, current research, news and events.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ( NINDS ) is a part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). It conducts and funds research on brain and nervous system disorders and has a budget of just over US$2.03 billion. The mission of NINDS is "to reduce the burden...
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ; This page includes plain language definitions of commonly used medical terms related to the brain. Agnosia is the inability to recognize and identify objects or persons using one or more of the senses. It is caused by damage to the brain from strokes, brain injuries, dementia, or other neurological conditions. The inability to recognize something familiar does not necessarily mean that the person has problems with vision or thinking ability. ...
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Neurons are nerve cells that send messages all over your body to allow you to do everything from breathing to talking, eating, walking, and thinking. Until recently, most neuroscientists (scientists who study the brain) thought we were born with all the neurons we were ever going to have. As children, we might grow some new neurons to help build the pathways—called neural circuits—that act as information highways between different areas of the brain. However, scientists believed that once a...
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