The glossopharyngeal nerve is among a few nerves that contain motor, sensory, and parasympathetic fibers. It participates in multiple functions, and injuries or diseases affecting it can adversely ...

The glossopharyngeal nerve, which is also called the ninth cranial nerve, has both sensory (sensation) functions and motor (movement) functions in the body, as well as specialized sensory function ...

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is a rare pain syndrome caused by compression of your glossopharyngeal nerve. It leads to episodes of severe pain, usually on one side of the back of your throat and ...

She underwent a microvascular decompression craniotomy, a brain surgery where a surgeon works carefully to move the blood vessel pressing on the glossopharyngeal nerve. But it didn't work, and ...

However, because neurons in the glossopharyngeal nerve also provide sensory input from peripheral chemoreceptors, respiratory drive is often compromised, and benzodiazepines increase the risk of ...

Preliminary scientific report. Vitale-Cross, L. et al. (2022) "SARS-CoV-2 entry sites are present in all structural elements of the human glossopharyngeal and vagal nerves: clinical implications".

The glossopharyngeal nerve, sometimes referred to as cranial nerve 9, sends sensation to the back of the throat, tongue, and ears. It originates in the lower part of the brain stem, in a part ...

Bolus contacts receptors of afferent fibers from superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) and glossopharyngeal nerves sending impulses to nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in brainstem (medulla).

THE very interesting nerve connexions of the taste-buds in the pig do not appear to have attracted attention. In this animal the taste-buds are almost entirely concentrated in the circumvallate ...

The findings of this study showed that topical ropivacaine anesthesia before intubation could increase the tolerance to endotracheal tube. The incidence of cough during peri-extubation were ...

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL breathing, first described by Dail1 in 1951, is a technic for ventilating the lungs that does not require the use of the muscles of respiration. Instead, the muscles of the mouth a ...