As most of the cranial nerves do, the glossopharyngeal nerve emerges from the front of the brainstem, which sits low at the back of your brain and connects the brain to the spinal ...

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is a rare neurological (brain-related) condition that causes recurrent episodes of severe stabbing pain in the ears, tongue, tonsils, and throat. The pain tends to ...

and attempt to spend time out of his iron lung to learn the complicated glossopharyngeal breathing technique, the medical term for frog-breathing. "He was scared of course of choking to death ...

Retrochiasmal lesions downstream of the optic radiation, which result in cortical blindness. 2. Supra- or infra-nuclear injury to the hypoglossal or glossopharyngeal nucleus, which result in upper ...

Recent findings endorse glossopharyngeal nerve block (GNB) as an effective, safe & straightforward approach for managing ...

The glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves have both sensory and motor actions, and are examined together owing to their close association in function. The glossopharyngeal nerve is involved in sensing ...

Three nerves carry taste signals to the brain stem: the chorda tympani nerve (from the front of the tongue), the glossopharyngeal nerve (from the back of the tongue) and the vagus nerve (from the ...