Researchers describe their study regarding the use of high-resolution diffusion MRI to evaluate the microstructure of the cranial nerves, and how it offers exciting possibilities to further the ...

Meningitis has been highlighted as a novel risk factor for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) in a nationwide, propensity-matched study of hospital admissions. In multivariate analysis, the odds of meningitis ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is usually suspected based on the presence of symptoms that are characteristic of the condition. The diagnosis is confirmed after a detailed examination and imaging studies have ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. Thus, many treatments, both medical and surgical, have been developed for this relapsing and ...

Do you know that Salman Khan has publicly spoken about his battle with trigeminal neuralgia? This a rare nerve condition resulting in abrupt, intense pain that is sharp and localised to one side of ...

The nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia (TN) manifests itself in debilitating paroxysms of facial pain. What causes TN is still a bit of a mystery, but it's commonly attributed to vascular compression ...

Trigeminal neuralgia, causing electric shock-like pain, results from compression of the trigeminal nerve, leading to misfiring and erroneous pain signals to the brain. Striking roughly 1 in 15,000 ...

We previously reported that magnetic resonance imaging evidence of cranial nerve invasion was an unfavourable prognostic factor in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. However, the prognostic value of this ...