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Overview
The brain is the most complex part of the human body, and it acts as the body's control center. It controls thoughts, memory, speech and movement. It regulates the function of many organs, such as your heart and lungs. When the brain is healthy, it works quickly and automatically. However, when problems occur, the results can be devastating.
The Department of Neurology provides a comprehensive range of programs specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.
Conditions we evaluate, diagnose and treat include:
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Epilepsy
- Headaches, migraines
- Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Essential tremor
- Tremors
- Dystonia
- Huntington’s disease
- Chorea
- Tourette’s syndrome
- Unusual movement disorders
- Motor-Neuron diseases such as: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- Neuromuscular diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Pain Management
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Sleep disorders