Sensory disorders -- Congresses : ACSM featured science session - prolonged motor deficits following peripheral nerve injury and repair / presented by T. Richard Nichols, Young-Hui Chang, Huub Maas, Valerie K. Haftel and Timothy C. Cope ; produced by the American College of Sports Medicine
Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fascicle. The nerve may be involved intracranially, along its course through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, or along its extracranial course. Clinical manifestations include facial muscle weakness, loss of taste from the anterior tongue, hyperacusis, and decreased lacrimation