Brain, Nerve & Movement Disorders
Brain, Nerve & Movement Disorders helps owners find the specific Health Watch condition that fits the dog, the breed risk, and the real-life management plan.
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Breeds Affected: Any breed can develop a condition in this category. However, breed risk depends on the specific diagnosis, not the umbrella label.
Breed Risk Note: Use this page for navigation. On breed pages, link to the most specific supported condition whenever the evidence allows it.
The Idiot-Proof Explanation
First, treat this as a navigation page, not a diagnosis. It points owners toward the actual condition page that matters, because vague labels make everyone dumber and help exactly zero dogs.
Why This Category Matters
This category matters because the exact diagnosis changes testing, cost, urgency, long-term care, and breeding decisions. Start with the specific condition, then use the breed notes and owner reality checks to figure out what life with that dog may actually look like.
Health Watch Pages in This Section
Start with the specific page that matches the diagnosis or breed risk. Parent pages are listed alongside their subtypes so owners can follow the trail without spelunking through the entire site like a medical cave system.
- Epilepsy
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL)
- Benign Familial Juvenile Epilepsy (BFJE)
- Idiopathic Epilepsy
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (ATP13A2-associated)
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 10 (NCL10)
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 4A (NCL4A)
- Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 8 (NCL8)
- Structural Epilepsy
- Acral Mutilation Syndrome (AMS)
- Adult-Onset Neuropathy (AON)
- Alaskan Malamute Polyneuropathy (AMPN)
- AmStaff Juvenile Laryngeal Paralysis and Polyneuropathy (ALPP)
- Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome (CECS)
- Canine Multiple System Degeneration (CMSD)
- Cerebellar Abiotrophy (CA)
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Ataxia (RAB24-associated)
- Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration (CCD)
- Cerebellar Degeneration-Myositis Complex (CDMC)
- Cerebral Dysfunction
- Cervical Spondylomyelopathy (Wobbler Syndrome)
- Chiari-Like Malformation (CM)
- Dandy-Walker-Like Malformation (DWLM)
- Degenerative Encephalopathy (DE)
- Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
- Exercise-Induced Collapse (EIC)
- Fatal Neonatal Neurologic Disease (DUNGd)
- Fucosidosis
- Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy (GCL)
- GM1 Gangliosidosis
- GM2 Gangliosidosis
- Greyhound Polyneuropathy
- Hereditary Cerebellar Ataxia (KCNIP4-associated)
- Hereditary Necrotizing Myelopathy (ENM)
- Hereditary Polymyositis (PMN)
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypomyelination (HYM)
- Juvenile Laryngeal Paralysis & Polyneuropathy (JLPP)
- L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria (L-2-HGA)
- Lafora Disease
- Lagotto Storage Disease (LSD)
- Leonberger Polyneuropathy / Laryngeal Paralysis-Polyneuropathy (LPN/LPPN)
- Leukoencephalomyelopathy (LEMP)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (MPS IIIB)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI (MPS VI)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis VII (MPS VII)
- Neonatal Cerebellar Cortical Degeneration (NCCD)
- Neonatal Encephalopathy with Seizures (NEwS)
- Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (NAD)
- Polyneuropathy with Ocular Abnormalities and Neuronal Vacuolation (POANV)
- Progressive Neuronal Abiotrophy (PNA)
- Pug Dog Encephalitis (PDE)
- Pug Myelopathy
- Scotty Cramp
- Shaking Puppy Syndrome Type 1 (SPS1)
- Siberian Husky Polyneuropathy Type 1 (SHPN1)
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)
- Spongiform Leukoencephalomyelopathy (SLEM)
- Steroid-Responsive Meningitis-Arteritis (SRMA)
- Syringomyelia