The abducens nerve emerges from the brainstem, which sits low in the back of your brain and connects to the spinal column. The specific area that this cranial nerve comes from is called the abducens ...

The track season was just two months away – the most important in his career since he was a junior – and Cameron Frenk found himself having to step away from what he loved most.

Exclusion criteria included: patients with brain (cerebrum) or spinal cord onset, patients who suffered from simultaneous optic nerve and other cranial nerve dysfunction at onset, patient with missing ...

Fred Hutch oncologists found evidence of a tumor overlooked by others that extended from the base of the skull to the ear and ...

“So, basically,” I summarised, “your fourth nerve is a bit bruised, but it should recover with time.” I prescribed him some ...

It is vulnerable to injury, including damage from surgery in the neck. There are 12 cranial nerves in the human body. They occur in pairs on either side of the head and originate from the brain and ...

"Our vagus nerve really affects a lot of things," Dr. Allyson Coffin said. "If it's off balance, you will notice." ...

Harvard psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport often navigates challenging clinical problems by leaning on established theory. Lately ...

The Schwann cell precursor (SCP) represents the first step in the process of gliogenesis in growing nerves. In addition ... neural crest cells, such as brain fatty acid-binding protein (BFABP ...