A group led by the Department of Neurosurgery at the Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, has successfully treated a ...

Cranial nerves located within the brain stem play a critical role in normal bodily function. The 10 th cranial nerve is the main nerve in the parasympathetic pathway, controlling for the "rest and ...

A key brainstem function is to convey messages from your brain out to your body and vice versa. This regulates a large number of conscious and unconscious processes. The nerves that pass through ...

Find out what you need to know about the medulla oblongata, what role it plays in the body, and potential issues.

This preclinical research opens new therapeutic avenues to address inflammation, and in turn, find ways to suppress heart rate by using vagus nerve stimulation in the brainstem.

These electrodes stimulate the auditory nerves in the cochlea, enabling the wearer to perceive sound. The auditory brain stem implant (ABI) is in many ways similar to the cochlear implant.

New insights into the opposing actions of serotonin-producing nerve fibers in mice could lead to drugs for treating addiction and major depression.

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight – without causing nausea. The discovery, made at the University of Gothenburg ...

In a landmark discovery, researchers from QIMR Berghofer in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute, have unlocked the secrets of how brain stem cells enter and exit a resting state called ...

A team at the University Hospital of Navarra have successfully operated on a 13 month-old girl from Murcia, who had been born deaf due to the lack of auditory nerves. She is the youngest patient ...

Scientists have been able to observe the way stem cells in the adult brains of mice divide over the course of months to create new nerve cells. Their study shows that brain stem cells are active ...

The study, led by Sangeeta S. Chavan, PhD, selectively activated efferent vagus nerve fibers – nerves that transmit signals to the organs – originating in the brainstem dorsal motor nucleus ...