The major goals of therapy for a brain tumor have been to control secondary effects, such as increased intracranial pressure or cerebral edema, and to eradicate the tumor or reduce its size.

The trigeminal nerve is a large nerve that contains both motor and sensory components.

Vestibular dysfunction causes varying degrees of loss of equilibrium causing imbalance and ataxia.

Inflammatory central nervous system diseases are a group of diseases that affect the brain, or brain and spinal cord, in the absence of an (apparent) infectious cause.