Building on NeuroNEXT: “Next Generation” Clinics to Cure Chronic Neurological Disability

Abstract

Chronic disability from neurological conditions is a looming, if not present, epidemic. The combination of an increasingly aged population, and our improved ability to keep patients alive after acute neurological injury, means that the ranks of the chronically disabled are swelling. Indeed, it is estimated that by 2050, the leading causes of motor and cognitive disability in the United States- stroke and Alzheimer's disease-, will cost the country $1.4 trillion per year^1-3. If these daunting numbers do not provoke action to accelerate progress on their own, the human suffering wrought by these conditions should. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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