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.

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 ...

Sixth nerve palsy simply means paralysis of the sixth cranial nerve. What causes it, and can it be fixed? My dad is about to find out. We all know that as we get older, our bodies won't work as well ...

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 ...

A new review article summarizes the wide-ranging, evolving potential of devices that modulate vagus nerve activity.

A 68-year-old man was diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis after presenting with double-vision and photophobia. Myasthenia gravis (MG) often begins with ocular symptoms, and sometimes those ...

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 ...

Fred is the doctor, he's here to give you a cranial examination ...