When sound waves reach the inner ear, neurons there pick up the vibrations and alert the brain. Encoded in their signals is a ...

The cochlear nerve, also known as part of the vestibulocochlear or auditory nerve, is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, ...

is a sensory nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure in the inner ear, to the brainstem as part of the eighth cranial nerve. The other part of this ...

The first clue that they might play different roles in hearing came about 40 years ago as the result of a painstaking anatomical investigation which revealed that most of the nerve fibers that carry ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a ...

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a ...

Dr. Jaslean Ahuja Michals, a clinical audiologist, recently took to TikTok to break down the potential causes of that ...

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Using a suctioning tool and forceps, the team "delicately dislodged" the dead tick from the woman's ear. They also prescribed ...

But there’s a lot more to the clitoris than meets the eye. In addition to the small nub, known as the glans clitoris, and the ...

When we hear sounds, specialized cells in the cochlear nucleus are the first to process that information, enabling our brains ...