Learn more about Chiari malformation type 1, a rare brain condition that may be present in certain genes thanks to ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Learn about five causes of pain in the back of the head. We also look at the triggers and treatment options for each of these headache types.

The study focuses on Chiari malformation type I (CM-I), where the lower part of the brain extends too far into the spinal cord – typically linked to having a smaller-than-normal occipital ... bone at ...

Different headaches can cause pain in the back of the head. Occipital neuralgia or low pressure and cervicogenic headaches can also cause this pain.

The headache syndrome, occipital neuralgia, is characterized by occipital or suboccipital headache, scalp pain, tenderness, paresthesia in the distribution of the second cervical dermatome, loss ...

The occipital lymph nodes are located in the back of the head, near the occipital bone of the skull. Much like other lymph nodes located throughout the body, the occipital lymph nodes play an ...

The infant skull is made up of bone plates; the larger of these are the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital bones of the skull, and the sphenoid, zygomatic, maxilla, and mandible bones of ...

“We have not called the enthesophytes growing out of the occipital bone horns,” Sayers said in an email. “They are not horns – this is a term used by the media.” ...

The bone differs considerably from the occipital of Eoanthropus, and further discoveries to reveal the characters of the skull to which it belongs will be eagerly awaited.