Injury in different branches of your facial nerve can have different results. If your frontal branch is injured, you may have paralysis in your forehead or be unable to move your eyebrow.

It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from behind. Your heart pounds; your blood pressure skyrockets. Goose ...

The vagus nerve branch delivers nerve signals to your esophagus, heart, and lungs. Signs Something Could Be Wrong With Your Vagus Nerve.

A new study published in Science has found that neurons in the brain do not follow a single strategy when learning. Instead, different parts of the same neuron—its upper and lower branches—adjust ...

The vagus nerve originates from four clusters of neurons in the brain’s medulla, where the brainstem attaches to the spinal cord. Most nerves in our body branch directly from the spinal cord ...

It feels particularly apt to compare the vagus nerve to a highway network, with paths diverging, branching off again and again, and sometimes coming back together. Just as roads are given different ...

The anterior interosseous nerve is a motor nerve branch of the median nerve. A motor nerve is involved with muscle function. Compression of this nerve can occur at one or more sites in your forearm.

Medial branch blocks and radiofrequency ablation are procedures used in the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain from facet joints. Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects 87 men and 192 women per 100,000 population worldwide. 1 Common signs include paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the median nerve distribution of the hand. Symptoms ...