In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

The neurologist explains the link between Guillain-Barre Syndrome and paralysis, and the initial symptoms to watch out for.

The nervous system consists of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia ...

The cranial nerves control eye muscles ... or an EMG (electromyography), which captures nerve activity from the brain or spinal cord to a peripheral nerve such as in the arm or leg.

Running through parts of the brain are a dozen pairs of cranial nerves ... encompassing nerves that branch out from the spinal cord and the brain. The cerebrum is physically divided into two ...

How shingles impacts brain health and dementia risk "The shingles virus resides in clusters of nerve cell bodies near the spinal cord and cranial nerves," says David Perlmutter, MD, a Board ...

These tests could include an X-ray to check spinal alignment and health, a CT scan to look for bone loss or herniation, and an MRI to see if there is damage to soft tissue or nerves within the discs.

gait (walking), cranial nerve testing, or balance. It is used to diagnose neurological conditions such as a brain tumor, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), and spinal muscular atrophy. The ...

The clinical syndrome is heterogeneous and is characterised by a combination of cranial nerve palsies, long tract signs ... and inflammatory pathology in the brainstem and spinal cord. Not all cases ...