RESEARCH ON NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS - INTERESTS OF THE NAL-INSTITUTE-OF-NEUROLOGICAL-DISORDERS-AND-STROKE

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) su pports research concerning the determinants of normal and pathological development of the nervous system, from the genetic to the environmen tal. NINDS also funds basic and clinical research concerning the etiol ogy, diagnosis, treatment, consequences, and prevention of the spectru m of neurodevelopmental disorders including neurobehavioral and neurod egenerative disorders (National Advisory Council Neurological Disorder s and Stroke, 1989, 1992; Division of Convulsive, Developmental and Ne uromuscular Disorders, NINDS, 1993). (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.