trigeminal nerve
- n the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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- Gamma Knife helps patients with painful facial nerve disorder
Symptoms of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) were reduced in those treated with Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery, a team of radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons have found. TN is a disorder of the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for feeling in the face. In most cases, the facial pain is caused by a blood vessel pressing on the nerve. It is believed that TN is caused by deterioration of ...
Feb. 26, 2014 - Science Daily