The seventh cranial nerve starts in your brainstem and then travels through the base of your skull near the eighth cranial nerve. Once your facial nerve is past the ear, it enters your face ...

A key brainstem function is to convey messages from your brain out to your body and vice versa. This regulates a large number of conscious and unconscious processes. The nerves that pass through ...

Cranial nerves located within the brain stem play a critical role in normal bodily function. The 10 th cranial nerve is the main nerve in the parasympathetic pathway, controlling for the "rest and ...

Although we refer to the vagus nerve as singular, it's actually a pair of nerves that emerge from the left and right side of the medulla oblongata portion of the brain stem. The nerve gets its ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight - without causing nausea. Skip to content. Menu. Medical Home Life Sciences Home.

Anchored in the brain stem, the vagus travels through the neck and into the chest, splitting into the left vagus and the right vagus. Each of these roads is composed of tens of thousands of nerve ...

Cranial neuropathy occurs when there is damage to the cranial nerves in the brain or brain stem. Depending on the affected cranial nerve, people may experience different symptoms, such as weakness ...

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight -- without causing nausea.

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Scientists in Japan have identified a nerve pathway involved in the processing of rewarding and distressing stimuli and situations in mice. The new pathway, originating in a bundle of brain stem ...