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All the web 2.0 tools from quality blogs and communities to online slideshows and clinical cases that focus on the conditions and illnesses of the nervous system.

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Neurology Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums

Facebook is a free social networking site where users can join groups. In these groups, members can post messages, interact with others or find relevant content. A few of the numerous Neurology groups:

FaceBook Groups

Interventional Neurology

Description: Join if you are interested in Neurosciences.
Content: More than 160 members, active discussion board.

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Description: This group is for all students, residents, fellows and physicians interested in Interventional Neurology
Content: More than 120 members, dicsussions, links and news.

Neurology Stuff

Description: This group is for those that are interested in learning about neurological conditions that have a huge impact on our society; with an emphasis on balance and movement disorders (vertigo, Parkinson's, dystonia, aging), brain injury (stroke, TBI, tumors, aneurysm), nerve injury (neuropathy, radiculopthy), and developmental disorders (autism, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette's, OCD, ODD).
Content: More than 80 members, wall posts and events.

Click here to see other neurology-related Facebook groups.

Community sites

Child Neurology Society

Description: The Child Neurology Society started an online journal club in 2008, intended for resident education, with discussions of papers of interest.
Content: A forum for discussion of publications relevant to child neurologists (clinical neurology or clinically relevant basic science).
Quality: Promoted by the American Academy of Neurology

Child-Neuro E-Mail List for Child Neurologists

Description: The mail list CHILD-NEURO@UMICH.EDU is an international discussion group which deals with clinical and research topics in Child Neurology. The list is restricted to pediatric neurologists, pediatricians, adult neurologists, and neurosurgeons. Parents of children with neurological problems may wish to visit The Library of The Family Village for a listing of parent and patient oriented Internet resources.
Content: Topics of discussion have included diagnostic and management issues, sources of diagnostic studies and hard-to-come-by medications, and requests for subjects for research studies and patients for case reports.
Quality: Promoted by the American Academy of Neurology

See more examples in the summary created by the American Academy of Neurology

Check the most comprehensive list about biomedical community sites here.

Forums

BrainTalk

Description: "What started out as a small project at Massachusetts General Hospital has grown into a thriving and successful community of thousands of patients and caregivers all across the world. BrainTalk is now the largest community of neurology patients and caregivers on the Internet. In fact, doing a simple search for the two words "neurology support" on Google brings up BrainTalk as the #1 hit out of about 2 million entries."
Quality: Created and maintained by medical professionals.

MedHelp

Description: "This forum is for questions and support regarding neurology issues such as: Alzheimer's Disease, ALS, Autism, Brain Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Pain, Epilepsy, Fibromyalgia, Headaches, MS, Neuralgia, Neuropathy, Parkinson's Disease, RSD, Sleep Disorders, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury."
Quality: Accredited by HONcode

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