Avery Marz suffered a stroke at 17. CHOP’s Pediatric Stroke Program helped her get back to doing what she loves: playing basketball. Watch her story.

Elise has Alexander disease, a type of leukodystrophy. Watch the video to learn how the Leukodystrophy Center at CHOP is committed to helping kids like Elise.

Parents magazine interviewed a CHOP expert about signs of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), the polio-like illness that can cause lifelong paralysis.

Recent research has discovered a new genetic cause for a severe, difficult-to-treat childhood epilepsy syndrome, and found clues to potential medical treatments.

Abnormal proteins in the brain disorder Huntington’s disease also attack the heart. CHOP researchers improved heart function in animals, a finding relevant to future treatments.

Amy Waldman, MD, and a patient family talk about research and fundraising efforts underway that seek to identify better treatment options for Alexander disease.

CHOP researchers discovered a method to stimulate a brain circuit in animals that could someday help treat depression in people.

Neurology researchers studying a rare, devastating condition in infants have discovered the cause: gene mutations that disrupt mitochondria in cells.

CHOP has found a long-suspected “missing mutation” in severe infant epilepsy, with early hints that anti-seizure drugs might help patients.

In a rare genetic disorder causing severe, progressive neurological problems, CHOP researchers find hints that an amino acid supplement might be a targeted therapy.