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Reference laboratory dedicated to the development and commercialization of diagnostic testing for neurological disorders. Provides neurologists and other physicians with diagnostic answers that can improve the quality of health care for patients in a cost effective manner. Athena is a leading provider of advanced neurological diagnostic assays

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS - Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

Diagnostic approach to the Hypotonic infant at Miami Children's Brain Institute - Manifestations of Hypotonia in an infant - Diagnostic approach

MedWatch - FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Report Program - MedWatch alerts provide timely new safety information on human drugs, medical devices, vaccines and other biologics, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. The alerts contain actionable information that may impact both treatment and diagnostic choices for healthcare professional and patient.

The HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau improves the health of mothers, children and their families. Authorized under Title V of the Social Security Act, HRSA maternal and child health programs - Assure access to quality care, especially for those with low-incomes or limited availability of care. Reduce infant mortality. Provide and ensure access to comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care, especially for low-income and at-risk women. Increase the number of children receiving health assessments and follow-up diagnostic and treatment services. Provide and ensure access to preventive and child care services, as well as rehabilitative services for certain children. Implement family-centered, community-based systems of coordinated care for children with special healthcare needs. Provide assistance in applying for services to pregnant women with infants and children who are eligible for Medicaid.

McGowan Institute of Regenrative Medicine. A program of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are working to quickly identify and treat shock, a problem that affects an estimated 1 million emergency room patients every year. Researchers are working on a unique diagnostic medical device currently in clinical trials.

Study assessing Universal Ultrasound-screening for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Study of specific measurements of the hip out of an AP Xray of pelvis to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound imaging for DDH in newborns.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) Definition at Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and NIH National Institutes of Health

The LDA Rearch Committee works to find causing of Learning Disability. The LDA provides a knowledgeable interface between LDA membership and the medical and scientific communities. The Committee monitors scientific and medical literature, research grants, diagnostic methods and biological causes related to learning disabilities. The Committee brings salient information and scientific contribution to the LDA Directors and membership. The Committee also takes LDA concerns and goals which support research and regulations related to the causes of learning disabilities to the scientific community and to federal agencies and members of congress.

American Academy of Neurology (AAN)- Special Article- Practive Parameter: Evaluation of the child with microcephaly (an evidence-based review). Objective: To make evidence-based recommendations concerning the evaluation of the child with microcephaly

National Library of Medicine - National Institute of Health - PubMed Article Abstract: Floppy infant syndrome - Review - On long-term follow up, cerebral palsy and mental retardation turn out to be the 2 most common causes of FIS. This review focuses on neuromuscular causes of FIS. With the advent of molecular diagnosis, a few conditions can be diagnosed by DNA analysis of the peripheral lymphocytes (myotonic dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy); however, for the most part, electrodiagnostic studies and muscle biopsy remain as essential diagnostic tools for FIS.

Provides the reader with an overview of mental retardation, a developmental disability with a long and sometimes controversial history.

Instead of putting patients on an operating table for invasive imaging procedures such as cerebral angiography, physicians who use ultrasound can wheel a scanner bedside and obtain 3D images of the brain's arteries. AACPDM - http://www.aacpdm.org/index

This study evaluates the efficacy of shunt operation for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, and determines the diagnostic value of noninvasive procedures commonly practiced in the clinic.

The relation between eye movement and brain function is a subject of interest to the National Eye Institute. By comparing eye movement in healthy volunteers to research conducted on patients who have difficulty moving their eyes, the National Eye Institute hopes to develop and improve diagnostic procedures for people with eye diseases. Objectives: To study eye movement in 100 healthy adult and child volunteers. To understand how individuals see visual patterns and how eye movement affects the ability to see.