Alzheimer's disease organizations

List of different Alzheimer's Disease Organizations in different countries around the world

International

Africa

South Africa

Alzheimer's South Africa - Website

Europe

Alzheimer Europe - Website

Germany

Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschafte e.V - Website

Republic of Ireland

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland - Website

Netherlands

Alzheimer Nederland - Website
Alzheimer Research Center (ARC) - Website

United Kingdom

Alzheimer's Research Trust - Website
Alzheimer's Society - Website
Dementia Research Centre; UCL Institut of Neurology - Website

Australia

Alzheimer's Australia - Website

North America

Canada

United States

Alzheimer's Association Research, education, advocacy, support Website
Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Auguste Deter Foundation - Nonprofit focused on Alzheimer's prevention, named in honor of Auguste Deter, the first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
BrightFocus Foundation
Caregiver.org Website - help for people caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's
National Institute on Aging Website
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation Website

South America

None yet listed

Diseases of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G04–G47, 323–349)

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic
Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess
Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Myalgic Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff person
Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia
Mitochondrial disease	Leigh disease

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy
Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension
Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard–Gubler Lateral medullary Medial medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke
Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine–Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia-telangiectasia
MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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