National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke home page, 9/11/96 (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); NINDS history: (1) Aug. 15, 1950, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness; (2) Aug. 16, 1968, became National Institute of Neurological Diseases; (3) Oct. 24, 1968, became National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke; (4) March 14, 1975, became National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; (5) Oct. 28, 1988, became National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)