National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDSÆs mission is to ôsupport and conduct research and research training on the normal structure and function of the nervous system and on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 600 nervous system disorders including stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, ParkinsonÆs disease, head and spinal cord injury, AlzheimerÆs disease, and brain tumors.ö