Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Key Takeaways The cochlear nerve is part of the eighth cranial nerve and is crucial for hearing.Issues with the cochlear nerve can result from inflammation, ...

A pinched nerve in the upper back occurs when a nerve is compressed or squeezed by surrounding bone or tissue. This may result in symptoms like pain, tingling, or numbness, and can be caused by ...

The trigeminal nerve plays a significant role in migraine attacks by transmitting pain signals from the face to the brain, and structural changes in the nerve may contribute to these attacks. Migraine ...

In a recent study posted to Preprints with The Lancet* server, a team of researchers performed an extensive database search to identify studies providing consistent data on structural and functional ...

People are great at detecting cold temperatures and the cool sensation induced by natural substances like menthol. And while the same protein in nerve cells is responsible for sensing both, it isn't ...

Being a baleen feeder isn't easy. When baleen whales — like the enormous blue whale — gulp up a mouthful of water to filter for food, a pouch of skin under their chins stretches to accommodate the ...