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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) encourages the submission of research grant applications to pursue a promising new approach to cognitive neuroscience that will identify relations between cognitive function and neurostructure through the study of specific, atypical patterns of cognitive deficit associated with neurodevelopmental syndromes of known or suspected biological origin. Examples of three clinical entities that can be studied from this perspective are Williams syndrome, Turner syndrome and autism. An FY 91 NINDS workshop was devoted to the discussion and confirmation of the usefulness of in depth, systematic investigation of patterns or profiles of selective cognitive impairment in these unusual conditions.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invite research grant applications through this Program Announcement (PA) for support of research on neurological aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (neuro-AIDS) in adults and children. It is well recognized that HIV-I infection, directly and/or indirectly, causes central and peripheral nervous system abnormalities that later may be compounded by opportunistic infections and malignancies. Applications are solicited covering a broad range of activities in the neurological sciences from basic research to diagnosis and management of neurological complications including therapeutic investigations of HIV-related neurological disease in adults and children. Research applications supporting the establishment or enlargement of collaborative and consultative neurologic units coordinated with AIDS Clinical Treatment Units (ACTUs) of the AIDS Clinical Treatment Group (ACTG), Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS), and Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are especially solicited but are not required.

The Convulsive, Developmental, and Neuromuscular Disorders Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) encourages the submission of applications for research grants related to the hereditary ataxias including Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD). The NINDS invites grant applications to support research on all aspects of this heterogeneous group of inherited degenerative disorders including pathophysiology, epidemiology, molecular genetics, diagnosis, and treatment.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourage the submission of research grant applications in basic science and clinical investigations concerning all aspects of neurofibromatosis including molecular genetics, cell biology, pathophysiology, development of new animal models, diagnosis, and treatment.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) encourages the submission of applications for research grants related to the post-polio syndrome. The NINDS invites grant applications to support research in all aspects of the post-polio syndrome including epidemiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology, immunology, therapy, and the development of animal models.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites research grant applications through this Program Announcement (PA) for support of research on neurological motor control, motor control disorders, and the restitution of function. Applications covering a broad range of activities in the neurological sciences from basic research to clinical research are encouraged. It is expected that regardless of approach, all studies will be focused on normal and abnormal performance of the nervous system in regard to motor control. This type of solicitation is issued to encourage investigator-initiated research projects in areas of special programmatic interest to the NINDS.