Earlier studies done mostly on mice discovered that the brain had a system that flushed its tissues with cerebrospinal fluid, which carried away waste products in a process called glymphatic clearance ...

Your brain and spinal cord are suspended in about 125 mL of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF ... proteins that record the activity of the nervous system it guards. A study led by Washington University ...

CSF oligoclonal bands is a test ordered by physicians when serious health concerns related to your central nervous system arise. Here’s what you need to know about it. If your physician suspects ...

In a recent study, researchers show that the Semliki Forest virus enters the central nervous system by first entering the cerebrospinal fluid and then binding to a specific cell type before ...

Normally, this housekeeping is conducted by the glymphatic system, a network of tunnels that surround the blood vessels in the brain. These tunnels contain a colorless liquid called cerebrospinal ...

A group led by the Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University succeeded in the diagnosis of ...

Boston-based CereVasc designed eShunt for treating normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). This study evaluates the technology ...

Deep sleep washes away waste that builds up in the brain while it’s awake and now, thanks to a new study in mice, we know how ...

In a recent study, researchers from Uppsala University have shown that the Semliki Forest virus enters the central nervous system by first entering the cerebrospinal fluid and then binding to a ...

The company will keep the systems on the market but is asking providers to check devices for visible cracks and return ...

A group at Niigata University succeeded in the early diagnosis of leptomeningeal disease in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline ...

A new study in mice suggests that sleeping pills may impede the brain's ability to "cleanse" itself during sleep.