Scientists have developed a novel concept of a nose-to-brain system for the clinical application of neuropeptides. They developed a derivative of glucagon-like peptide-2 and found that when ...

NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based bioelectronics company, today announced a new publication in the journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. The ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition that causes pain similar to an electric shock on one side of the face. It affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries signals from the face to the brain.

NORTHWOOD (WPVI) -- Pain is among the hardest medical problems to deal with. And facial pain is one of the trickiest. A Philadelphia man details his long journey to relief. "The pain initially was ...

Ten patients had varying degrees of sensory disturbance confined to the fifth cranial nerve. The second and third divisions were most commonly affected, but motor paresis and pain were notably absent, ...

Another way to try to make yourself sneeze is by massaging the nose, says Bracamonte. Using your fingers, gently squeeze the ...

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 ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is often described as one of the most excruciating pain disorders known to medicine. It’s sometimes referred to as the “suicide disease” because of the unbearable intensity ...

Your trigeminal nerve is a set of nerves in your head that connect directly to your brain. Research has shown that using an appliance that stimulates this nerve, called an external trigeminal nerve ...

Expert Rev Neurother. 2007;7(11):1565-1579. The rationale for treating TN with AEDs traces back to Trousseau's 1853 clinical description of what he termed, "névralgie épileptiforme," noting that the ...