Pediatric Neurology

Pediatric neurology or child neurology refers to a specialized department of drugs that offers with the analysis and control of neurological situations in neonates (new-borns), infants, kids and adolescents. The topic of child neurology includes sicknesses and problems of the spinal cord, brain, peripheral fearful system, autonomic fearful system, muscle mass and blood vessels that have an effect on people in those age groups.

 Examples of the types of conditions encountered by specialists in this field include:

• Congenital birth defects affecting the brain and spinal cord such as spina bifida
• Genetic diseases of the nervous system
• Abnormal mental development, speech disabilities and learning disabilities
• Neurological developmental problems during childhood
• Congenital metabolic abnormalities that affect the nervous system
• Headaches and migraine
• Brain tumors
• Sleep disorders

Related Associations:

Neuropathy Association and Nevus Outreach, Inc, Brain Injury Resource Center and Brain Trauma Foundation, Epilepsy Therapy Project and Exceptional Parent Magazine , Huntington's Disease Society of America Hydrocephalus Association, Multiple Sclerosis Association of America and Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Multiple System Atrophy Coalition, Acoustic Neuroma Association and ADA Disability and Business Technical Assistance Program; Aicardi Syndrome Foundation and Alliance for Aging Research; ALS Association and ALS Therapy Development Institute; Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation and Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.