The facial nerve contributes to the oropharyngeal phase of deglutition via the buccinator, perioral, digastricus posterior, and stylohyoid muscles. The gustatory and salivatory functions of the facial ...

A peer-reviewed neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry journal publishing the latest research and reviews on the entire genre of neurological sciences.

Correspondence to Prof Nicola De Stefano, Centre of Precision and Translation Medicine, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, 53100, Italy; ...

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Dr Arup Mallik Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute ...

Background: Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are defined by the presence of cancer and exclusion of other known causes of the neurological symptoms, but this criterion does not separate ...

Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by a large number of motor and non-motor features that can impact on function to a variable degree. This review ...

2 Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK Influential models based on an increasing body of neuroimaging evidence propose that insular ...

3 Working Group ‘Deep Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry: Guidance for Responsible Research and Application’. This Working Group is organised by the Europäische ...

The Batten Harris Medical Intensive Care Unit, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK Correspondence to: Dr Robin Howard, The Batten Harris Medical Intensive Care Unit, The ...

Correspondence to Dr Laura McWhirter, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK; laura.mcwhirter{at}ed.ac.uk Performance validity tests (PVTs) are widely used ...

Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by multiple disease mechanisms, but all result in a disruption of cerebral blood flow with subsequent tissue damage. This review covers the mechanisms ...

Background Unilateral magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) thalamotomy is efficacious for the treatment of medically refractory essential tremor (ET). Viability of bilateral FUS ablation ...