The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the leading supporter of biomedical research in the world. The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.
NINDS supports and conducts research, both basic and clinical, on a wide range of disorders that affect the nervous system. These disorders include stroke, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, migraine headaches, neurotrauma, chronic pain, and many more.