The facial nerve is the seventh of the twelve cranial nerves and operates out of your brainstem. Your facial nerve is responsible for making facial expressions, and it stimulates the sensors in ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

3-year-old born without cochlear nerves was first U.S. child to get microchip implanted on his brain stem to allow him to hear ...

Because these nerves run from the brain stem through the neck and into the chest, further investigation is needed to pin-point exactly where the compression is occurring.

The vagus nerve picks up information about how the organs are functioning and also sends information from the brain stem back to the body, helping to control digestion, heart rate, voice, mood and ...

This preclinical research opens new therapeutic avenues to address inflammation, and in turn, find ways to suppress heart rate by using vagus nerve stimulation in the brainstem.

Dear Doctors: I keep reading about how the vagus nerve has a lot to do with things like mood, digestion and keeping your brain healthy. Supposedly there is even a kind of technique where rubbing ...

New insights into the opposing actions of serotonin-producing nerve fibers in mice could lead to drugs for treating addictions and major depression.