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12 Cranial Nerves/The cranial nerves provide afferent and efferent (sensory, motor, and autonomic) innervation to the structures of the head and neck. Unlike spinal nerves whose...
Read articleThe abducens nerve is a crucial part of our body’s nervous system, responsible for controlling the movement of our eyes. However, when this nerve undergoes atrophy,...
Read articleAbducens nerve cancer, also known as abducens nerve schwannoma or abducens nerve glioma, is a rare type of tumor that affects the sixth cranial nerve. This...
Read articleAbducens nerve compression occurs when the sixth cranial nerve, responsible for controlling eye movement, is squeezed or damaged. This condition can lead to various symptoms affecting...
Read articleAbducens nerve degeneration is a condition that affects the sixth cranial nerve, which controls the movement of the eye. This article aims to provide a clear...
Read articleAbducens nerve diseases affect the sixth cranial nerve, responsible for controlling eye movement. These conditions can lead to various symptoms, affecting vision and overall health. Understanding...
Read articleAbducens nerve disorders can cause problems with eye movement, leading to various symptoms and difficulties. Understanding the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for these disorders...
Read articleAbducens nerve dysfunction, also known as sixth nerve palsy or cranial nerve VI dysfunction, affects the nerve responsible for controlling the movement of the lateral rectus...
Read articleAbducens nerve dysfunction and ischemia are medical conditions that affect different parts of the body but can have significant impacts on a person’s health and wellbeing....
Read articleAbducens nerve lesions can lead to various difficulties in eye movement and coordination. Understanding the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for these lesions is crucial...
Read articleAbducens nerve malformation is a condition affecting the sixth cranial nerve, which controls the movement of the eye. When this nerve is not functioning properly due...
Read articleAbducens nerve neuralgia, often referred to as sixth nerve neuralgia, is a condition that affects the sixth cranial nerve, responsible for controlling the movement of the...
Read articleBilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria is a brain development problem that starts before birth. In this condition, the brain area around the Sylvian fissures on both sides develops...
Read articleCongenital axonal neuropathy with encephalopathy is a very rare inherited nerve disease that starts at birth or very soon after birth. “Congenital” means present from birth....
Read articleCongenital absence of the optic chiasma, also called congenital achiasma, is a very rare birth problem where the normal “crossing point” of the optic nerves (the...
Read articleCongenital CN VI palsy means a weak or paralyzed sixth cranial nerve (also called the abducens nerve) that is present from birth. This nerve controls the...
Read articleBenign congenital sixth cranial nerve palsy is a problem with the sixth cranial nerve (also called the abducens nerve) that is present from birth and is...
Read articleCongenital abducens nerve palsy is a rare eye movement problem that is present from birth. In this condition, the sixth cranial nerve (also called the abducens...
Read articleTubulinopathies are a group of rare brain development disorders that happen when there is a harmful change (mutation) in one of the “tubulin” genes. Tubulin is...
Read articleComplex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 7 (CDCBM7) is a rare brain development disorder. In this condition, the outer layer of the brain (the cerebral...
Read articleCortical dysgenesis with pontocerebellar hypoplasia due to TUBB3 mutation”. It can also be grouped under “complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations 1 (CDCBM1)” and “TUBB3-related...
Read articleLissencephaly type 2 without muscular or eye involvement is a very rare brain development problem present from birth. Doctors also call it cobblestone lissencephaly without muscular...
Read articleLissencephaly type 2 is a very rare brain problem that starts before birth. In this condition, the baby’s brain surface does not form normal folds and...
Read articleCobblestone lissencephaly is a rare brain malformation where the surface of the brain looks bumpy and uneven, like small stones on a road. In this condition,...
Read articleChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a long-lasting disease of the peripheral nerves, which are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. In CIDP, the...
Read articleChronic relapsing polyneuropathy is the older name for a disease that doctors now usually call chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). It is a long-lasting nerve disease...
Read articleChronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a long-lasting disease where the body’s own immune system attacks the covering of the nerves (myelin) in the arms, legs...
Read articleNeuropathy hereditary motor and sensory type 1C is usually called Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1C (CMT1C). It is a rare, inherited nerve disease that mainly damages the...
Read articleCharcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, dominant intermediate B (often shortened to CMTDIB) is a very rare inherited nerve disease that mainly affects the long nerves going to the feet,...
Read articleCharcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 2X (often grouped under X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, or CMTX) is a rare inherited nerve disease that mainly affects the peripheral nerves in the...
Read articleHereditary adult-onset painful axonal polyneuropathy is a rare inherited nerve disease. It mainly affects the long nerves in the legs and sometimes the arms. These nerves...
Read articleHereditary adult-onset painful axonal polyneuropathy is a very rare inherited nerve disease. It mainly damages the long “wires” (axons) of the peripheral nerves that carry signals...
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