Healthy Santa Cruz County - Brain Diseases & Disorders

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Brain / Head Injury or Disease
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help or further information about head / brain injury or disease. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: brain disease / injury, head injury, local information
• Local Help & Information: Epilepsy
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help or further information about epilepsy. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: epilepsy, local information

Recommended Websites

• Brain Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Clinical trial and research updates; interactive tutorial (neurosurgery). From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: alzheimers, brain disease / injury, epilepsy, MedlinePlus, recommended website, stroke
• Brain Injury Association
  Special features: A-Z Facts; e-newsletter; books; reproducible fact sheets; legislative action center; links to federal disability assistance and other resources. From: Brain Injury Association of America.
  Browse related subjects: brain disease / injury, recommended website
• Dana BrainWeb
  Special features: Detailed, validated information and research links for more than 25 common brain diseases and disorders. From: Dana Foundation / Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
  Browse related subjects: addiction, autism, brain disease / injury, epilepsy, mental conditions / illnesses, parkinson's disease, recommended website
• Epilepsy Foundation
  Focus on research and current/clinical trials; news, chatrooms and a special section on "Living with Epilepsy." From: Epilepsy Foundation.
  Browse related subjects: brain disease / injury, developmental disorders, epilepsy, medications, recommended website, research
• Head and Brain Injuries - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Brain maps, interactive brain tour; special topics: preventing brain injury in children, brain death, rehabilitation, etc. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: brain disease / injury, diagnosis, head injury, recommended website, research

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.