In recent decades, the cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, in those spaces has drawn a great deal of interest. “Maybe the CSF can be a highway, in a way, for the flow or exchange of different things within ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–Researchers at Purdue University are looking at the connection between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease.

“And when the blood vessels relax, they push the cerebrospinal fluid along.” To confirm this, the team used a fluorescent ...

Research led by Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin has found that metal particles from artificial joint implants can enter ...

"Our findings suggest that shear flow forces in various fluids in our body, such as blood and cerebrospinal fluid, could trigger amyloid formation," says Goto. Given that some medical procedures ...

Hydrocephaly is a related complication in individuals with Dandy-Walker due to cysts that form in the brain's fourth ventricle and block the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This blockage allows ...

If the flow of CSF is insufficient for free collection, it may be necessary to aspirate the fluid carefully with a syringe. This increases the possibility of blood contamination. If increased ...

Tony Wyss-Coray and colleagues performed large-scale protein analyses of cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, from a total of 3,397 people in six independent ...