The cranial nerves are a set of twelve pairs of nerves that travel to and from the brain. Each has a different function. For example, the olfactory nerve is essential for detecting smells.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A specific cluster of PNOC/NPY nerve cells in the mouse hypothalamus, sensitive to leptin, regulates appetite and body weight. Removal of leptin receptors from ...

Implementing the bispecific outpatient safe step-up (BOSS) program for elranatamab in ambulatory treatment of multiple myeloma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I.

The vagus nerve is your longest cranial nerve, connecting your brain to several of your internal organs, including your heart, lungs and digestive system. The word vagus is Latin for wandering.

The sudden onset of painful, complete (with pupillary involvement) cranial nerve III palsy is a posterior communicating artery aneurysm until proven otherwise. The pupil may be spared initially ...

The afferent arc of the reflex consists of nerves that sense injury and infection. This activates efferent neural circuits, including the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, that modulate ...

Author contribution: idea, literature search and first draft of the manuscript. Mats Døving, doctor and dentist, is a specialty registrar in maxillofacial surgery, as well as a PhD student in the ...