This moving dot depicts something few people have ever seen: fresh cerebrospinal fluid flowing from the spinal cord into the ...

Cerebrospinal fluid is a watery liquid that continually circulates through the brain’s ventricles and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord. It acts like a cushion that helps protect ...

Imagine a clear, protective fluid cushioning your brain and spinal cord, acting like a shock absorber and delivering vital ...

Scientists have identified a breakdown in cholesterol transport to neurons in Alzheimer’s disease, a defect linked to the ...

Neural activity induced by sensory stimulation can drive large-scale cerebrospinal fluid flow during wakefulness in humans. PLOS Biology, 2023; 21 (3): e3002035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002035 ...

Researchers at Boston University, USA report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain activity. Led by Stephanie Williams, and publishing in the open access ...

David Cheney is no mere artist—he’s a board-certified medical illustrator. In the Johns Hopkins University program where ...

Migraines linked to high sodium levels in cerebrospinal fluid Date: November 28, 2017 Source: Radiological Society of North America Summary: Migraine sufferers have significantly higher sodium ...

Labcorp has launched the first blood-based in-vitro diagnostic test cleared by the Food and Drug Administration to aid in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

The suspected cause of this blurry vision, officially called Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure (VIIP), was a shift of vascular fluid in astronauts' bodies in zero gravity.