Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...

Using single-cell sequencing, researchers found distinct immune profiles in different CNS tumors, highlighting its potential as a prognostic tool.

A test measuring proteins in spinal fluid may help support the diagnosis of MS, especially in patients whose disease is harder to diagnose.

A CSF leak within the spinal column is the most common identifiable cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension. 3 The mechanism underlying headache and neurologic manifestations is presumed to be ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate. Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a ...

Eisai Co.,Ltd. announced its latest research on evaluation about correlation of amyloid beta (Abeta) in plasma and in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by high precision measurement with the newly developed ...

A new AI-powered cerebrospinal fluid liquid biopsy accurately classifies brain tumours using tiny DNA fragments. Learn more.

I had written before about the breakthrough studies of mice that showed lymphatic flushing of brain tissue while they slept. Now this phenomenon has been confirmed in humans. During human sleep, ...

Researchers from the MPI of Biochemistry and the Technical University of Munich have discovered new diagnostic markers for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects 3 million people worldwide.