MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The vagus nerve runs from the human brainstem to major peripheral organs and acts as the main conduit for the body’s inflammatory immune response to disease, bacteria ...

A pilot trial is enrolling patients to test whether vagus nerve stimulation can safely promote remyelination in adults with RRMS.

The name of the ability to recognize and respond to such changes is hyperacusis. It is an over-sensitivity to sound that frequently occurs due to damage to the cochlea (cochlear origin) or the ...

What is the acoustic reflex? When a loud sound stimulus is presented to the ear, there is a reflexive contraction of the minute muscles that are connected to the ossicles in the Middle Ear. When these ...

The Babinski reflex — also called the plantar reflex — is a response to stimulation of the bottom of the foot. It can help doctors evaluate a neurological problem in people over age 2. If your child ...

Sneezing, or sternutation, is an abrupt, involuntary and forceful expulsion of air through the nose and mouth. This involuntary reflex, triggered by the trigeminal nerve, is the body's attempt to ...