Oculomotor nerve palsy may occur due to lesions along the nerve's entire length from the brainstem to the eye socket. One of the most feared causes of acute oculomotor nerve palsy is compression of a ...

RESULTS: Eleven oculomotor nerves were dissected, the intracranial part being divided into proximal, middle, and distal (intracavernous) parts. The proximal part of the intracranial oculomotor nerve ...

A case is presented of neurilemmoma of the left oculomotor nerve occurring in a 64-year-old hypertensive woman. The incipient tumour produced ptosis, limited inwards rotation of the eyeball, and ...

Introduction Aneurysms of the posterior communicating artery (PCom) can present with oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) in up to 25% of cases. 1–3 ONP often appears at the moment of aneurysm rupture but can ...

Injury of the oculomotor nerve in a patient with traumatic brain injury: diffusion tensor tractography study Hyeok Gyu Kwon 1, Min Su Kim 2, Seong Ho Kim 2, Sung Ho Jang 1 1 Department of Physical ...

Two cases of primary reticulum cell sarcoma of the nervous system are presented because of their unusual clinicopathological correlations. Consecutive pupil-sparing third nerve paralysis was ...

The third cranial nerve is involved in about 80% of cases, initially with ptosis and then oculomotor paresis, which is usually complete but may be partial. Mydriasis, is present in more than 50% ...

The oculomotor system consists of interconnected regions throughout the central nervous system that interact to control various eye movements. It includes different brainstem nuclei, the superior ...

Two subtypes of ataxia with oculomotor apraxia have been described. Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 1 is caused by a mutation in the APTX gene at locus 9p13.3. The APTX gene encodes for the APTX ...

The Got the Nerve? Triathlon will be taking place in Ephrata this year after 20 years in Mount Gretna. Presented by IM ABLE Foundation, Wyomissing, the annual triathlon benefits the nonprofit’s ...

The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer's disease. One way axonal function may be hindered is through damage ...

Cradle of Filth singer Dan Filth has shared his experience of proposing to his girlfriend live on stage. The frontman popped the question at the Download Festival in Donington over the weekend ...