They also suggested that CSF moves through brain cells called astrocytes into those spaces. There, the fluid might drop off some molecules and pick up others; it may then wend its way back out to the ...

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

Normal CSF (in a disease-free state) is a clear, colorless pure transudate with very low protein concentration and nucleated cell count. This fluid is produced predominantly in the choroid ...

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 ...

This is the same method used to get a sample of your fluid to test for cancer cells. Your doctor will use a needle and syringe to deliver the medicine into your CSF between two vertebrae in your ...

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 ...

A multitude of genes have been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically how those genes might influence the progression of neurodegeneration remains something of a black box ...