How does the Blueprint affect peoples health?
Nervous system disorders take many forms: mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder; neurological diseases, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis; degenerative dementias of aging, such as Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia; developmental disorders, such as autism, mental retardation, and attention deficit disorder; inherited and acquired visual and hearing loss; chronic pain conditions; alcohol dependence; and drug addiction. While the Blueprint does not target individual disorders, the tools, resources, and infrastructure created through the Blueprint have the potential to accelerate research on a broad range of disorders. Research to elucidate the causes and consequences of nervous system disorders can lead to advances in prevention and treatment.
