Cranial movement disorders are a common neurological problem. These disorders can be limited to the cranial muscles alone or manifest as part of a more generalized movement disorder. Cranial movement ...

Preeclampsia-related neurological disorders are well established but have a broad spectrum of manifestations, from just headache to major events. Nevertheless, disorders of cranial nerves are rare in ...

A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks after lumbar surgery because of diplopia and fever. Left leg pain and a rash had preceded the fever and diplopia. A diagnosis was made.

Your eye is made up of three nerves that control the movement of your eyes, the location of your eyelids, and the size of your pupils. These nerves are the oculomotor nerve, the trochlear nerve, and ...

When surgeons dissect tissue to remove a tumor or make a repair, they must work cautiously, relying on electrophysical monitors and their own anatomical knowledge to avoid cutting nerves, which could ...

Vestibular schwannomas account for 8% of all intracranial tumors and are the most common neoplasm of the cerebellopontine angle in adults. These tumors derive from myelinating Schwann cells of the ...

The vagus nerve is one of 12 cranial nerves in the body. It’s responsible for various bodily functions, including digestion, heart rate, and breathing. There are 12 cranial nerves in the body. They ...

Background: Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders are common diseases, but little is known about familial clustering in these diseases. This is, to our knowledge, the first systematic family study ...

For decades, amblyopia has been considered a disorder primarily caused by abnormal visual experiences early in life. But new research from Mary Whitman, MD, Ph.D., pediatric ophthalmologist in the ...