The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inflammatory marker levels were found to be associated with ...

Immune cells within the cerebrospinal fluid can offer a glimpse of the inflammatory conditions within the brain. According to a study published December 7 in Cell, those immune cells markedly change ...

The brain's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulses during deep sleep and this appears to be tied to brain wave activity and blood flow, an exploratory study showed. Large oscillations of CSF inflow to the ...

Protein Signature Predicts Response to Neoadjuvant Treatment With Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab in HER2-Negative Breast Cancers CSF and blood were collected simultaneously from patients with ...

Sequencing circulating tumor cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) improved diagnosis, decision-making, and clinical care in pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with ...

Up to three quarters of patients receiving cancer chemotherapy suffer from “chemo brain” — a long-term side effect that makes it harder to remember things, maintain attention, and learn new ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Testing for antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may confirm that COVID-19 has invaded the ...