The Neurogenetics Department provides diagnostic services for neurogenetic and other hereditary diseases prevalent in Cyprus and neighbouring countries. These include mutation detection, linkage analysis, carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis of:

Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, Huntington's disease, Friedreich's ataxia, Spinocerebellar ataxias, Charcot-Marie-Tooth polyneuropathies, Spinal muscular atrophy,  Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy,  Myotonic dystrophy,  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.  The department has created and is in charge of the genetic registry of the Institute. The staff works closely with clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and neurophysiologists.