The brain is made up of many different parts, each responsible for maintaining certain processes in the body or mind. The medulla oblongata is a small area of the brain stem. Though it may be little, ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...

Your brain only makes up about 2 percent of your body weight, but it uses more than 20 percent of your body’s total energy. Besides being the site of conscious thought, your brain controls most of ...

Rhombencephalitis is an inflammatory disorder of the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata that can result in abnormal cerebellar function, pyramidal weakness, proprioceptive deficits, and altered ...

The human brain, as the seat of mental life—from the most complicated intellectual processes down to routine and unconscious bodily control—is necessarily enormously complex. The largest part of the ...

A pontine stroke happens when blood flow to the pons in the brainstem is blocked or bursts. Early signs of a pontine stroke can include dizziness, weakness, and slurred speech Getting treatment, such ...

A 42 years old man of mixed race with an African father had originally presented with severe hypertension and renal failure. Renal biopsy showed severe vascular pathology but no primary glomerular ...