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.

Neurofibromatosis can be a grisly disease, causing deafness and severe facial disfigurement, weakening bones until they snap and covering the body with bulging tumors. Embarrassed by their appearance, ...

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 ...

W e’ve been taught that, as humans, we have five senses. There’s also a presumed “sixth sense,” that uncanny ability of some who seem to know what’s coming next. Closely associated with “gut” ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 45 (November 9, 2021), pp. 1-3 (3 pages) Drainage of interstitial fluid and solutes from the brainstem ...

THE origin of vertebrate animals is to be found according to many morphologists in those invertebrates which are composed of a series of segments, and one of the chief arguments in favour of this view ...

The early cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infections saw people reporting a temporary loss of smell and taste (anosmia and dysgeusia) for about one-third of ...