Degenerative neurological diseases

Degenerative neurological diseases cause abnormal changes to brain cells and usually have a clinical pattern that can be diagnosed. These diseases cause increasing disruption to neurological function as the disease progresses. Common examples of degenerative neurological diseases are Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone disease and Alzheimer's disease.

These brain injuries are different from those cased by trauma, stroke, hypoxia etc in that the brain injury will get progressively worse as the disease progresses.

People with these diseases require treatment for the disease rather than rehabilitation post injury as in TBI and stroke.
Treatment for these diseases depends on the specific condition. While some such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease often respond well to various medications, others such as senile dementia are generally irreversible.