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
• 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
• Sleep disorders in children
• Spina bifida
• Spinal muscular atrophy
• Tay-Sachs disease
• Tourette syndrome
• Wilson's disease

Research

Read about child and adolescent neurology research.

Nationally recognized expertise

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., ranks No. 1 for neurology and neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals rankings; specialists in Minnesota interact very closely with colleagues across Mayo Clinic Health System and in the Arizona and Florida campuses. Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic also ranks among the Best Children's Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery.