Now, researchers have found that this area also connects to nerves that tighten blood vessels, a mechanism that raises blood ...

Scientists have discovered that a part of the brain may be behind high blood pressure. The lateral parafacial region sits in ...

Migraine with brainstem aura (MBA), formerly known as basilar migraine, is a rare type of migraine originating in the brainstem, characterized by aura symptoms such as vertigo and speech issues, but ...

The pFL region -- located in the brainstem, which connects the cerebrum in the brain to the spinal cord -- controls automatic ...

ME/CFS and the closely related long COVID could be caused by damage to the brainstem, according to a new scientific theory. If their new model turns out to be right, the scientists behind it suggest ...

The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by experts on taste. Last month, ...

Translating the behavioural output of the nervous system into movement involves interaction between brain and spinal cord. The brainstem provides an essential bridge between the two structures, but ...

An auditory brainstem implant converts sound into an electrical signal and sends it to the brainstem, so your brain can create the sense of sound. An auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is a treatment ...

Investigators are developing a new type of auditory brainstem implant that is designed to be soft, and flexible and address limitations of models currently in use. These implants may one day benefit ...