The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole ...

Nerves can also be categorized as spinal nerves and cranial nerves depending upon where they are deployed in the nervous system. Among the 12 pairs of cranial nerves for instance are nerves that ...

Additional clinical features that may be prominent include fatigue, pain, tremor, or dysfunction of the autonomic or cranial ...

It’s one of 12 sets of cranial nerves. The trigeminal “nerve” is actually a pair of nerves: one extends along the left side of the face, and one runs along the right side. Each of those ...

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This is done to detect neurological damage or disease. The cranial nerves control eye muscles, jaw muscles, and the tongue. Other cranial nerves include the optic nerve for vision, the ...

Age and hypertension are associated with increased risks for cranial ischemic complications in GCA, while anticoagulant therapy may offer protective benefits.

Diabetic patients are at an increased risk of developing cranial nerve mononeuropathies of the third, fourth, sixth and seventh nerves. Generally, cranial nerve palsies in diabetic patients are ...