The study of neurodegenerative diseases has been aided by new imaging technologies. Due to imaging, there is a greater ability to distinguish between different types of dementia such as Alzheimer's Disease (AD), Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration such as Pick's Disease.

Imaging studies have also been done on basal ganglia disorders such as Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.

Due to the non-invasive nature of imaging it is well suited to study neurodevelopmental diseases such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism. Future advances in imaging will improve the diagnosis, treatment, and understanding of these various diseases.

Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Autism

Balint's Syndrome

Broca's Aphasia

Bipolar

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Dementia

frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Gerstmann's Syndrome

Hemispatial Neglect

Huntington's

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Parkinson's

Pick's Disease

Schizophrenia

Vascular Dementia

Wernicke's Aphasia

Related Terms:

Agraphia

Alexia

Bilateral Hippocampectomy

Lobotomy

Visual Agnosia

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