List of Alzheimer's disease organizations

This is a list of different Alzheimer's disease organizations in different countries around the world.

International

Europe

United Kingdom

Alzheimer's Research UK
Alzheimer's Society
Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institut of Neurology

North America

Canada

United States

Alzheimer's Association Research, education, advocacy, support
BrightFocus Foundation
Cure Alzheimer's Fund - utilizing a venture philanthropy approach
National Institute on Aging
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Memory Bridge

Diseases of the nervous system, primarily CNS

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic
Brain and spinal cord	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Meningitis Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS NBIA PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff-person
Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Lewy bodies dementia Posterior cortical atrophy Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Vascular dementia
Mitochondrial disease	Leigh syndrome

Autoimmune
Inflammatory
Multiple sclerosis
For more detailed coverage, see Template:Demyelinating diseases of CNS

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizures and epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus For more detailed coverage, see Template:Epilepsy
Headache	Migraine Cluster Tension For more detailed coverage, see Template:Headache
Cerebrovascular	TIA Stroke For more detailed coverage, see Template:Cerebrovascular diseases
Other	Sleep disorders For more detailed coverage, see Template:Sleep

Other

Both/either

UMN only:

LMN only:
- Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies
- Spinal muscular atrophies
  - SMA
  - SMAX1
  - SMAX2
  - DSMA1
  - Congenital DSMA
  - Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMALED)
  - SMA-PCH
  - SMA-PME
- Progressive muscular atrophy
- Progressive bulbar palsy
  - Fazio–Londe
  - Infantile progressive bulbar palsy

both:
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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