Patient Information Guide

Patient Information Leaflets

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans

Lumbar Puncture (LP)

Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs)

Further Resources

The following links are mainly for charitable organizations helping with neurological conditions in Ireland. Some UK-based websites also included for information.

Movement Disorders

• Parkinson’s Association Ireland http://www.parkinsons.ie/
• Parkinson's Disease Society UK http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/
• The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association http://www.pspeur.org/care_and_support/local_to_you/ireland/
• Multiple System Atrophy: http://www.parkinsons.ie/Atypical_MSA
• Sarah Matheson Trust UK www.msaweb.co.uk
• National Tremor Foundation UK www.tremor.org.uk
• The Dystonia Society http://www.dystonia.ie/
• Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association www.tsa.org.uk
• Huntington's Disease Association http://www.huntingtons.ie/

Functional Neurological Disorders

• www.neurosymptoms.org

Multiple Sclerosis

• MS Society http://www.ms-society.ie/

Epilepsy & Blackouts

• The National Society for Epilepsy http://www.epilepsy.ie/ National Society for Epilepsy (UK) http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/AboutEpilepsy
• Syncope Trust and Reflex Anoxic Seizures (UK) www.stars.org.uk

Neuromuscular Disorders

• Muscular Dystrophy Ireland http://www.mdi.ie/
• Myasthenia Gravis Association http://www.mga-charity.ie/ Myasthenia Gravis Association (UK) www.mgauk.org.uk

Headache

• Migraine Association of Ireland http://www.migraine.ie/
• British Association for the Study of Headache http://www.bash.org.uk/
• Cluster Headache: http://www.migraine.ie/index.php?id=189
• The Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headache (UK) http://www.ouchuk.org/html/
• Trigeminal neuralgia: www.tna.org.uk

Dizziness

• www.vestibular.org

Stroke

• Stroke Association (UK) http://www.stroke.org.uk/
• Irish Heart Foundation http://www.irishheart.ie/iopen24/patient-information-t-11.html

Other Neurological Disorders

• Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association http://www.imnda.ie/
• Ataxia http://www.ataxia.ie/
• Ataxia UK http://www.ataxia.org.uk/
• The Neuropathy Trust http://www.neurocentre.com
• Narcolepsy Association UK (UK) www.narcolepsy.org.uk
• Neurological Alliance http://www.nai.ie/