Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an ...

A 32-year-old woman mistook persistent headaches and eye twitching for stress, only to be diagnosed with a rare acoustic neuroma tumor that led to permanent facial paralysis post-surgery.

Doctors share 19 potential reasons you might get random dizzy spells throughout the day, when to seek medical care, and what to do when you feel dizzy.

The vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) test is a relatively new diagnostic tool that is in the process of being investigated in patients with specific vestibular disorders. Briefly, the VEMP ...

Nerves look blue in the reconstructed view of a genetically engineered mouse (left) whose neurons produce a fluorescent ...

A new longitudinal study suggests that overall well-being—and especially a strong sense of purpose—are important components ...

How To Tackle Nerve-Related Hearing Loss This occurs when damage affects the inner ear's delicate hair cells, the auditory nerve, or the brain's sound-processing pathways ...

New research shows a single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two distinct behaviors in response to the same smell.

The retina is often referred to as an "outpost of the brain"—after all, important steps in visual signal processing do not take place in the cerebrum, but in the nerve cells in the eye. When ...

How does the brain store knowledge so that you actually remember what you have learned the next day or even later? To find ...

Dystonia involves involuntary muscle contractions, but you're not out of options. Discover how botulinum toxin, DBS, and ...