Neuroscience epidemiology

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Diseases of interest

What are the major neurological disorders that interest us?

Here is a small list

• Fragile X syndrome• Gaucher's disease • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)• Huntington's Disease • Meningitis • Myasthenia Gravis• Epilepsy • Chronic fatigue syndrome

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• Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder • Alzheimer's • Autism Spectrum • Bipolar Disorder • Cerebral Palsy • Cushing's syndrome• Dementia • Tay-Sachs disease

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• Generalized anxiety disorder • Hypoxia • Migraine• Multiple sclerosis • Muscular dystrophy • Neuropathy • Neuromyotonia • Amnesia

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• Parkinson's Disease• Stroke• Sleep apnea • Down syndrome• Dyslexia• Addiction and substance abuse

Our immediate foci:

• Alcohol addiction• Epilepsy epidemiology and prediction

Alcohol addiction

• Please see alcohol related slides in media studies

Epilepsy

• There are two interests on epilepsy:

• Epilepsy prediction

• Epilepsy epidemiology