Rapid neurologic and clinical decline can have a vast differential diagnosis. In this unique case, a man in his mid-70s was found unresponsive at home and progressed to brain death within 36 hours ...

The brain is made up of many different parts, each responsible for maintaining certain processes in the body or mind. The medulla oblongata is a small area of the brain stem. Though it may be little, ...

Your brainstem is the central apparatus of your entire nervous system. One portion of your brainstem is called the pons. The pons links your brain to your spinal cord. Your pons handles all of your ...