Neural foraminal stenosis causes nerve irritation and compression when the space a spinal nerve travels through narrows.

In the most severe form of the condition, type 3 Chiari malformation, part of the lower back part of the brain ( cerebellum ) ...

Samples still have to be collected from the brain, but they can be collected by inserting a plastic pipette or straw into the foramen magnum — a round opening at the base of the skull.

The small hole at the base of the skull where the spinal cord extends from the brain down along the spine is called the foramen magnum. When compression happens here, it “kinks” the brain stem ...

In most cases, the MMA arises from the first segment of the internal maxillary artery off of the external carotid artery and crosses the skull base through the foramen spinosum. It then courses ...

Horizontal and sagittal views of segmented head and brain tissues after the addition of foramina on the cribriform ... simulates the effect of complex skull-base bones’ geometries on the ...

Access to potentially life-saving neurosurgical care remains very uneven worldwide, with potentially life-threatening ...