Doctor, half of my face feels kind of numb.”The cheeks, around the mouth, and the jaw area. When I touch it, it feels like it ...

Hello. I am currently a fifth-year medical student.This time, I will write about an example where I clearly failed in how I ...

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 ...

The vagus nerve is a both underappreciated and incredibly powerful instrument of the body. Researchers have long known that the vagus nerve serves as an information highway, ferrying signals between ...

Key insight: Over the past two decades, banks had been closing more branches than they were opening. Now, for the first time since 2009, that trend appears to be turning around. Supporting data: In ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary ...

The main nerve of your parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), your vagus nerve relays messages between your brain, digestive system, and heart. Your PNS helps your body relax and recover after stress - ...

The closures include 55 legacy Comerica branches and 20 existing Fifth Third branches. All branch closures are expected to be completed before early September. Despite the closures, officials state ...

Whether you’re aware of it or not, there’s an information superhighway running down each side of your neck right now. And every time you take a long, slow exhale, you’re using that highway — an ...

This information conduit is crucial to how your body functions. So why are so many people trying to shock it? By Simar Bajaj Running along either side of your neck is a pair of marvelous fibers that ...

Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin much earlier – sometime around the third decade of life. Developing tau ...