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 ...

The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not there are immunoglobulin proteins called oligoclonal bands dwelling in your cerebrospinal fluid. This helps your physician identify the ...

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

"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 ...

Cobalt levels in cerebrospinal fluid were significantly higher in patients with joint implants than in matched controls. Median cobalt concentrations were 0.03 μg/L in the implant group and 0.02 ...

The change in blood flow that occurred with these slow waves ... proteins and other components from the brain into the ...

A lumbar puncture is used to take a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back. This fluid flows around the spinal cord and the brain, and clears waste products. Levels of certain proteins ...