Moreover, due to the co-location of the hypothalamus to structures within the cavernous sinus, craniopharyngiomas can lead to other neurological sequalae including epilepsy, cranial nerve dysfunction ...

Carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae are rare, but serious, vascular anomalies which may develop following traumatic injury to the skull base. Fractures or the shearing forces of severe head trauma ...

Allergic rhinitis (allergies or hay fever) and sinusitis (sinus infections) can cause similar symptoms, making them difficult to tell apart. However, they have different causes and treatments.

That's because veins here drain into the cavernous sinus, which directly connects to the brain. You may have seen claims that popping pimples in the triangle from the bridge of the nose to the ...

Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a very rare, life-threatening condition that can affect adults and children. In cavernous sinus thrombosis, a blood clot blocks a vein that runs through a hollow ...

Pilonidal sinus—also called a pilonidal cyst—is a skin infection that occurs in or around the crease of your buttocks. This condition happens when hair, skin cells, and dirt clog a hair ...

Such cases typically begin as brain inflammation or rhinosinusitis, as seen in the study, which can progress to a cavernous sinus thrombosis. This is when any infection, such as sinusitis or a ...

CCMs are found in approximately 0.5% of the population and characteristically manifest with headache, seizure, or focal neurologic deficits. The majority of CCMs (approximately 85%) are single ...

Obesity associated with hypothalamic dysfunction was initially described in patients with craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic obesity may also result from brain radiation, infection (eg, tuberculosis ...

Now, the cellular complexity of the human hypothalamus has been documented by Columbia researchers Drs. Hannah Glover and Claudia A. Doege in collaboration with Drs. Brian Herb and Seth Ament from ...

The journal Science has published a series of review articles regarding the outsized role that the hypothalamus plays in human behavior—regulating hunger pangs, sleep cycles and social ...

These cues did not come out of thin air—they are the work of an almond-sized region in the brain called the hypothalamus. This area of the brain, despite its tiny size, has an enormous job in ...