The part of the 8th cranial nerve sought by Jannetta traverses a tiny cistern called the cerebellopontine angle. Bounded by the cerebellum, the "pontine" angle is the gateway to the brainstem.

An acoustic neuroma is a noncancerous growth that develops on the eighth cranial nerve. Also known as the vestibulocochlear nerve, it connects the inner ear with the brain and has two different parts.

Acoustic neuroma is a benign intercranial tumor involving the myelin-forming Schwann cells of the vestibular portion of the 8th cranial nerve in the peripheral nervous system. It is a slow-growing ...

Vertigo is an abnormal sensation that causes you to feel as though you are spinning or moving in relation to your environment, or as though your environment is spinning around you, usually with some ...