PREVIOUS work has shown differences between some of the proteins in cerebrospinal fluid and those found in serum 1–3. Thus paper-electrophoresis of concentrated normal cerebrospinal fluid may show a ...

To the Editor: Measuring of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure with an isometric technic has never been undertaken in healthy subjects. Yet this is the only way to determine the intact, ...

The brain floats in a sea of fluid that cushions it against injury, supplies it with nutrients and carries away waste. Disruptions to the normal ebb and flow of the fluid have been linked to ...

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial ...

How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) ...

Plasma tests for Aβ and phospho-tau may have stolen the show at this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, held July 14-18 in Los Angeles, but proteomic and synaptic markers were ...