"Cranial Nerves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers.
| Descriptor ID |
D003391
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Cranial Nerves- Cranial Nerves
- Cranial Nerve
- Nerve, Cranial
- Nerves, Cranial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Nerves" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical and Radiologic Findings in Children with Anomalous Pontine Cranial Nerves. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Dec 09; 45(12):1895-1900.
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Disruption of Fuz in mouse embryos generates hypoplastic hindbrain development and reduced cranial nerve ganglia. Dev Dyn. 2024 Sep; 253(9):846-858.
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Oculomotor nerve cavernous malformation: case report and operative video. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 Jan 16; 166(1):16.
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Trigeminal and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia. Neurol Clin. 2024 May; 42(2):585-598.
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Afferent and Efferent Pupillary Defect With a Right Cranial Nerve Sixth Palsy (the Parkinson Sign) as the Presenting Symptom of Pituitary Apoplexy. J Neuroophthalmol. 2022 12 01; 42(4):e586-e587.
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Analysis of adverse events in the management of chronic migraine by peripheral nerve stimulation. Neuromodulation. 2015 Jun; 18(4):305-12; discussion 312.
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Evaluation of orbital disorders and cranial nerve innervation of the extraocular muscles. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2012 Aug; 20(3):413-34.
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Skull base, orbits, temporal bone, and cranial nerves: anatomy on MR imaging. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2011 Aug; 19(3):439-56.
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Anatomy of the cranial nerves in medieval Persian literature: Esmail Jorjani (AD 1042-1137) and The treasure of the Khwarazm shah. Neurosurgery. 2007 Dec; 61(6):1325-30; discussion 1330-1.
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Orbital apex syndrome. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2004 Dec; 15(6):490-8.