The neuroimages created by an MRI can show if the involuntary movements on one side of the face are caused by a tumor or blood vessel pressing against cranial nerve 7, which controls facial muscles.

The facial nerve allows one to move the muscles of the face in smiling, frowning ... imaging scans (including CT or MRI) and tests that evaluate the functional status of the nerve and measure its ...

UAB has the first and only facial nerve program in the state of Alabama. Our Facial Nerve Clinic comprises a team of physicians who have expertise in the treatment of facial nerve injuries and other ...

Using commonly available facial-recognition software, Mayo Clinic researchers found that it was able to correctly match patients with their MRI images 83% of the time, according to the Journal.

It can affect one or both sides of the face. Facial paralysis can disrupt ... used to confirm the presence of nerve damage ...

For patients undergoing nerve transfer surgery ... impact on patients with facial asymmetry," the researchers write. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to assess ...

When the facial nerve fires, the signal is directed to the ipsilateral facial muscles causing muscle contractions in different areas of the face on the same side. A competing hypothesis states that ...