Anatomy students at St. Joseph High School have been studying the nervous system. A lab involving sheep brain dissection was recently conducted since the brain is part of that system. “It receives ...

The trigeminal nerve is a cranial nerve. It arises from the brainstem, and its branches cover your face and head. The trigeminal nerve is a paired nerve — you have one on each side. Its chief function ...

Hands-on experience with brain surgery doesn’t come cheap, especially if the goal is to teach 260 kids about the brain’s structure and function. Thanks to a federal grant, seventh-grade students at ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder that is important to include in the differential diagnosis of head or facial pain. Trigeminal neuralgia ­­— also known as tic douloureux — ...

The diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia is clinical and is based on three main criteria: pain restricted to the territory of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve; paroxysms of pain that are ...