The trochlear nerve also has a role in eye movement ... and join together to travel to the geniculate ganglion. Bell’s palsy is a disorder of the facial nerve, which causes paralysis on one ...

[143] Lesions within the brainstem may cause injury to the CN III, CN IV or CN VI nuclei or fascicles resulting in oculomotor, trochlear or abducens nerve palsies respectively. CN VI palsies occur ...

There were no other neurological impairments. The findings were consistent with isolated oculomotor nerve palsy with pupil involvement. A few years previously, when the patient was examined for ...

A 21 year old woman sustained a "thrower’s fracture" of the distal humerus and radial nerve palsy while throwing a softball. She was treated by internal fixation. Her fracture united, and radial nerve ...

In contrast, sciatic nerve palsy, presenting as equinovarus or equinus deformity, was diagnosed on average 3.8 months after the intragluteal injections (Napiontek & Ruszkowski, 1993). Cavovarus ...

The Center for Brachial Plexus and Traumatic Nerve Injury at Hospital for Special Surgery is a nationally recognized resource for men and women of all ages, providing diagnostic and reconstructive ...

The accessory nerve provides motor function (movement) to two muscles essential to neck and shoulder movement, the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and the trapezius, as well as to the larynx (voice box) and ...

The safety of our participants is our top priority. The trial/study is approved and periodically reviewed by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which includes doctors, administrators, ethicists, ...

On examination she had a right hypoglossal nerve palsy (figure A), the remainder of the neurological and general examination was normal. Brain CT (figure B) showed a soft tissue density mass lying ...

If your child suffered a brachial plexus injury during birth, you may be able to pursue an Erb’s palsy settlement to help pay for their care. Erb's palsy settlements have awarded hundreds of thousands ...

The internal carotid artery lies within the sinus in proximity to the pituitary gland while the oculomotor, trochlear, abducens ... Sympathetic fibres join the abducens nerve for a short distance and ...

Therefore, there is still an unmet need for therapies. Researchers have now discovered a small group of nerve cells in the hypothalamus of mouse brains that influence eating behavior and weight gain.