Scientists see several important uses for staging. For example, it can steer people more precisely to appropriate treatments.

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be a valuable diagnostic tool. This column describes cerebellomedullary CSF collection in the dog. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is present throughout the ...

The results showed that, as hormones fluctuate, gray and white matter volumes change too, as does the volume of cerebrospinal fluid. In particular, just before ovulation, when the hormones 17β ...

To understand the nature of the respiratory drive in these patients it is important to establish the extent to which cerebrospinal-fluid bicarbonate, and therefore cerebrospinal-fluid pH ...

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 ...