Neurology

Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology

Mayo Clinic neurologists trained in treating children with brain and nervous system conditions (pediatric neurologists) have experience evaluating and treating children with many neurological conditions at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Neurologists work with pediatric neurosurgeons, pediatricians and others to care for children with neurological conditions.

Conditions, symptoms and treatments

• Acoustic neuroma
• Arteriovenous malformation
• Autonomic disorders
• Awake brain surgery
• Brachial plexus injuries
• Brain tumors
• Cerebral palsy
• Chiari malformation
• Cluster headaches
• Congenital myasthenic syndromes
• Congenital myopathies
• Craniofacial disorders
• Craniosynostosis
• Delayed sleep phase
• Dystonia
• Epilepsy
• Glioma
• Huntington's disease
• Hydrocephalus
• Hyperhidrosis
• Inflammatory muscle disease
• Inflammatory neuropathies (chronic and acute)
• Meningiomas
• Metabolic disorders
• Metachromatic leukodystrophy
• Migraine /migraine/index.html
• Movement disorders
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN 1)
• Muscle stiffness
• Muscular dystrophies (congenital, Duchenne-Becker, facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle)
• Myasthenia gravis
• Myoclonus
• Narcolepsy
• Neuroimmunologic diseases
• Pediatric brain tumors
• Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
• Peripheral neuropathy (toxic, metabolic, inherited)
• Seizure disorders and epilepsy
• Sleep disorders in children
• Spina bifida
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Tay-Sachs disease
• Tourette syndrome
• Ulcerative colitis
• Wilson's disease

Research

Read about child and adolescent neurology research.