The cranial nerves are vulnerable to damage during head trauma. Many of them run over the surface of the skull, protected only by the muscles and tissues of the face. Head trauma occurs when there is ...

The shingles virus is often associated with painful rashes and nerve discomfort, but recent research suggests getting ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Twelve pairs of nerves called "cranial nerves" (CNs) are attached to your brain. Each pair splits to both sides of your body, and these nerves are involved in ...

The vestibular nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves originating in the brain. The cranial nerves are responsible for the senses of sight, smell, taste, hearing, and balance. They also control the ...

Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, c/ Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain ...

Schwannomas arise from Schwann cells. These cells surround and insulate cranial nerves. Schwannomas are slow growing tumors. The symptoms are hearing and balance or weakness, sensory loss, and bowel ...

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

Nov. 12, 2024 — Glioblastoma is the most common kind of malignant brain tumor in adults. So far, no treatment has been able to make this aggressive tumor permanently disappear. The tumor cells ...

Skull-base tumors, a subset of neoplasms, present a formidable challenge in the field of oncology due to their complex anatomical location at the interface of the brain and skull-base. These tumors ...