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; NINDS history: 1968, the NINDS blindness program became the nucleus of the National Eye Institute; the main Institute [in 1968 known 1st as National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, then National Institute of Neurological Diseases (see history, above)] was renamed the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)