Your brainstem hosts multiple cranial nerves. The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It controls your facial movements and expressions. The nerve fibers controlled by your facial nerve also ...

The 12 cranial nerves can be injured during head injuries, leading to symptoms like pain and weakness. Cranial nerve damage symptoms might appear right after an injury, or they may not show up until ...

It's interesting that while the robotic arm picked up most of the attention this week, doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have come up with another unique way to restore ...

A complex system of nerves and muscles enables the human eye to blink, gaze, and shift focus. The trochlear nerve is one of six cranial nerves that carry electrical impulses from the brain to the eye.

Cranial neuropathy occurs when there is damage to the cranial nerves in the brain or brain stem. Depending on the affected cranial nerve, people may experience different symptoms, such as weakness on ...

According to the traditional theory of nerves, two nerve impulses sent from opposite ends of a nerve annihilate when they collide. New research now shows that two colliding nerve impulses simply pass ...

Danish scientists challenge the accepted scientific views of how nerves function and of how anesthetics work. Their research suggests that action of nerves is based on sound pulses and that ...

The Cranial Nerves song covers the 12 pairs of cranial nerves and their functions and is used by medical students the world over to help them learn the cranial nerves. Students use the lyric sheet and ...

Peripheral nerves—the network connecting the brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system to the rest of the body—transmit ...

A paralyzed man with a spinal cord injury to the C7 vertebrae is able to move his fingers again. Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine rerouted working nerves in the patient's upper ...