The vestibular nerve (the eighth cranial nerve) is essential for regulating balance. Sensory structures in your inner ears detect head and body movement. The vestibular nerve carries that information ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Twelve pairs of nerves called "cranial nerves" (CNs) are attached to your brain. Each pair splits to both sides of your body, and these nerves are involved in ...

The cranial nerves are vulnerable to damage during head trauma. Many of them run over the surface of the skull, protected only by the muscles and tissues of the face. Head trauma occurs when there is ...

The FDA has placed a trial of Rapport Therapeutics’ epilepsy drug for a type of nerve pain on hold while the biotech tweaks the study design. Rapport has been evaluating the TARPγ8-targeting ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by scientists in a new study on the human sense of touch. Comparisons between humans, mice and macaques show both similarities ...

Summary: Researchers identified 16 distinct types of nerve cells involved in human touch and compared them with those in mice and macaques, showing both shared and unique traits. The study reveals ...

With the close, tense campaign nearing its end, Senator JD Vance projected optimism, but added: “I just want to know.” By Michael C. Bender Michael C. Bender has traveled with the Vance ...

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Picture a road that runs through your body, transmitting messages between your brain, gut, heart, and lungs. That is the vagus nerve. It is the longest nerve in our cranial nerve network, coming from ...