While the pupillary light reflex is predominantly controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system also plays a vital role in regulating pupil size. The balance between ...

I’m seeing double,” Rita said, sitting across from me. Her eyes were doing a passable impression of a Picasso painting. She was dressed in a white dress with silver streaks, and a grey hairband kept ...

Isolated third cranial nerve palsies in head trauma patients can be the result of direct or indirect damage to the oculomotor nerve. They are usually associated with severe head trauma. We reported a ...

The obturator nerve is a large, multibranched nerve that travels through your pelvis to your inner thigh. This nerve helps you feel sensations like temperature and pain in your lower limbs. It also ...

Your sense of smell comes from the olfactory nerve, the first cranial nerve. Multiple sensory nerve fibers make up the olfactory nerve. This nerve plays a vital role in using your senses to enjoy your ...

This article presents 3 rare cases of atypical chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) showing cranial nerve involvement. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is ...

Oculomotor nerve in human brain. Superior and inferior branches. Motor and parasympathetic fibers. Movement and coordinate eye position. Vestibulo ocular and optokinetic reflex vector illustration ...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 45 (November 9, 2021), pp. 1-3 (3 pages) Drainage of interstitial fluid and solutes from the brainstem ...

A 3-year-old girl with an unremarkable medical history suddenly developed dilated pupils and trouble walking, according to a case report in JAMA Ophthalmology. The child was brought in to the ...