EXPERT CENTRES for Rare Neurological Diseases
You will find below the expert centres in rare neurological diseases across Europe that are part of the ERN-RND network. These RND expert centres have been approved by their respective national healthcare authorities and have been thoroughly assessed during the ERN application process.
The network is currently composed of 64 full members and 4 Affiliated Partners from 24 countries.
General information and contact details of the ERN-RND centres can be found at Orphanet, the portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs.
Full Members & Affiliated Partners
Disease | Country | Name | Unit |
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Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Austria | Medical University Innsbruck | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD | Belgium | Antwerp University Hospital | Adult |
Frontotemporal Dementia,Leukodystrophy | Belgium | University Hospital Ghent | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia | Belgium | Erasmus Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Belgium | University Hospital Leuven | Adult/Pediatric |
Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | Bulgaria | St. Naum University Neurological Hospital, Sofia | Adult |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Croatia | University Hospital Center Zagreb | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Cyrus | Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Egkomi | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Frontotemporal Dementia | Czech Republic | Motol University Hospital, Prague | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Czech Republic | St. Anne´s University Hospital Brno | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Czech Republic | General University Hospital Prague | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Denmark | Aarhus University Hospital | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Denmark | Rigshospitalet University Hospital Copenhagen | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Estonia | Tartu University Hospital (Affiliated Partner) | Adult/Pediatric |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | France | APHP - Reference centre for Huntington's disease, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, Paris | Adult/Pediatric |
Leukodystrophy | France | APHP - Reference Centre for Leukodystrophies, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Paris | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD | France | CHU - Reference Center for Rare Multiple System Atrophy, University Hospital Bordeaux | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | France | APHP - Reference Centre for Rare Diseases 'Neurogenetics', Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD | France | CHU - Reference Center for Rare Multiple System Atrophy diseases, University Hospital Toulouse | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | Germany | University Hospital Bonn | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Germany | University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Germany | Ludwig Maximilians University Hospital, Munich | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Germany | University Hospital Tübingen | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Germany | University Hospital Ulm | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Hungary | University of Pécs | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Hungary | Semmelweis University, Budapest | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Italy | Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome | Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Italy | AOU - University Hospital Siena | Adult/Pediatric |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Malta | Mater Dei Hospital, Msida (Affiliated Partner) | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Latvia | Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga (Affiliated Partner) | Adult |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Lithuania | Santaros Klinikos, University Hospital Vilnius | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Luxembourg | CHL - Luxembourg Hospital Center (Affiliated Partner) | Adult |
Leukodystrophy | Netherlands | VUMC - University Medical Center Amsterdam | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Netherlands | University Medical Center Groningen | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | Netherlands | Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen | Adult/Pediatric |
Frontotemporal Dementia | Netherlands | Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | Poland | University Hospital in Krakow | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Slovenia | University Medical Centre Ljublijana | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Spain | Hospital Clinic Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Spain | Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona | Adult/Pediatric |
Frontotemporal Dementia,Leukodystrophy | Czech Republic | Thomayer University Hospital | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Germany | Hannover Medical School | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Germany | RWTH - University Hospital Aachen | Adult/Pediatric |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Germany | Catholic Clinic Bochum | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Germany | University Hospital Würzburg | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Spain | Asturias Central University Hospital, Oviedo | Adult |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Spain | Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Frontotemporal Dementia | Spain | Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia | Spain | La Paz University Hospital, Madrid | Adult |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation | Spain | San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid | Adult |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Spain | Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Frontotemporal Dementia,Leukodystrophy | Finland | Finland Consortium: University Hospitals in Oulu, Tampere and Helsinki | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Greece | Eginitio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia | Hungary | Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical Center, Szeged | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD | Ireland | Irish Consortium: Tallaght University Hospital and Children's Health Ireland | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Leukodystrophy | Italy | AOU - University Hospital Pisa | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Italy | AOU - University Hospital Padua | Adult |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Italy | AOU - Consortium Policlinic Bari | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Italy | AOU - Federico II University Hospital, Naples | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Italy | IRCCS - Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna | Adult |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Netherlands | Maastricht University Medical Center | Pediatric |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Netherlands | Leiden University Medical Center | Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Sweden | Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm | Adult/Pediatric |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia | Poland | Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw | Adult |
Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Sweden | Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg | Adult |
Frontotemporal Dementia | France | APHP - Reference centre for rare dementias, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea,Leukodystrophy | Italy | IRCCS - Foundation of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan | Adult/Pediatric |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Dystonia and Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation,Frontotemporal Dementia,Huntington's Disease and Chorea | Italy | IRCCS - Humanitas Clinical Institute of Rozzano, Milan | Adult |
Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD,Frontotemporal Dementia | France | CHU de Lille (Supporting Partner) | Adult |
Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia,Leukodystrophy | Germany | University of Leipzig Medical Center (Supporting Partner) | Adult |
How to contact ERN-RND expert centres
You will find the contact details of our ERN-RND Expert Centres here.
Supporting partners
- Huntington's Disease and Chorea; UMHAT Alexandrovska Hospital Sofia; Bulgaria
Sashka Zhelyazkova: email | phone - Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD; Frontotemporal Dementia; CHU de Lille; France
Thibaud Lebouvier: email | phone - Huntington's Disease and Chorea; University Medical Center Rostock; Germany | Translational Neurodegeneration Section "Albrecht Kossel"
Kevin Peikert: email - Atypical Parkinsonism and Genetic PD; Frontotemporal Dementia; University Medical Center Rostock; Germany
Andreas Hermann: email | phone - Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia; Leukodystrophy; University of Leipzig Medical Center; Germany
Wolfgang Köhler: email | phone - Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia; Leukodystrophy; University of Leipzig Medical Center; Germany
Caroline Bergner: email | phone - Dystonia, Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation; Huntington's Disease and Chorea; APHP - Hôpital Armand Trousseau - Paris; France
Claudia Ravelli: email | phone - Dystonia, Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation; Huntington's Disease and Chorea; APHP - Hôpital Armand Trousseau - Paris; France
Diane Doummar: email | phone - Ataxia and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia; University Hospital of Heidelberg; Germany | Department for Neurodegeneration
Rebecca Schüle: email | phone - Dystonia, Paroxysmal Disorders and Neurodegeneration with Brain Ion Accumulation; University Hospital of Köln; Germany
Anne Koy: email | phone
Is your hospital interested to collaborate with ERN-RND? If it is located in a European country not yet represented within ERN-RND, you can apply for your hospital to become a supporting partner.
For more information, please contact Carola Reinhard.
Videos from our members
In 2021, some of our members recorded a video to introduce themselves. You can find these members named on the map below. Click on the city names to view the videos. The locations of our other members are also included on this map.
If you want to be included, send us your introductory video!
Overview of all ERNs
ERN-RND is one of 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs). We have strong collaborations with the other two Neuro-ERNs EURO-NMD and epiCARE.
If you want to find out more about the other ERNs find them all listed here with a link to their website.