BrainNet.org
Title
BrainNet.org
Description
Disorders of the brain cost this nation more than $400 billion each year in medical and related expenses, and they cost the 50 million Americans (and their families) who suffer from brain and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders an incalculable amount in terms of emotional, social, and employment consequences.
The National Foundation for Brain Research (NFBR), founded in 1989, dedicated itself to a national effort to increase our scientific and clinical understanding of the brain in health and disease in its belief that by doing so, neuroscience can provide the necessary answers to help alleviate the devastation wrought by brain- and other CNS-related illnesses. These illnesses are the most debilitating of the human condition and include disorders such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, drug addiction, among many others.
NFBR worked in part through its closely affiliated Decade of the Brain Coalition, a comprehensive coalition of professional, medical, and scientific societies, volunteer health organizations, federal government agencies, and private industry, seeking expansion of research and new therapies for these neurological, mental, and addictive disorders. The purpose of this expansion is to achieve NFBR's primary goal of reducing the human suffering and the economic impact of CNS disorders.
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