Nervous System

The nervous system is made of all the nerves in the body, including the brain and spinal cord. The nerves are cords that send messages from one part of the body to another, using electrical impulses. Some children are born with nervous system problems. Others develop problems from injuries or infections. Exams and tests can help doctors find the problem. The treatment for a nervous system problem may include a medicine or surgery.

Topics on children's nervous systems include:

• acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or ADEM
• astrocytoma
• ataxia
• arteriovenous malformation
• Bell's palsy
• brachial plexus injury
• brain tumors
• dizziness
• encephalomalacia
• glioblastoma multiforme
• Guillain-Barré
• headache
• infantile syncope
• intraventricular hemorrhage
• hydrocephalus
• microcephaly
• migraines
• motion sickness
• multiple sclerosis
• neurofibromatosis
• paralysis
• Refsum's disease
• shunts
• strokes in infants and children
• tethered spinal cord
• trigeminal neuralgia

Webinar - Headaches in Children: Why worry? (registration required)

Headache Webinar Handouts (PDF)

Speaker: Marcy Yonker, MD

              Pediatric Headache Specialist

              Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital