Dear W.M.: CSF surrounds and supports the brain and spinal cord. The meninges normally form a fluid-proof barrier, but if the ...

Blood tests showed elevated eosinophils, which can be a sign of a parasitic infection, among other things. They searched for ...

Investigators led by CHLA’s Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, published a new research study that links Down syndrome Regression ...

The blood-CSF barrier has been far less studied than the blood-brain barrier. Scientists have detected age-related changes in gene expression in the choroid plexus, and have linked these to increased ...

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Mayo Clinic launched a new prion test, RT-QuIC Prion, CSF, which can distinguish prion disease from other causes of rapidly ...

North Ward resident Rose Kruze thought she was just dealing with run-of-the-mill headaches after a bad fall last June.

Researchers have worked with global partners to identify and successfully implement an intervention package that has significantly improved the diagnosis and management of brain infections in ...

My son has been diagnosed with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. I had never heard of this. He has been told his brain pressure is lower than normal.

Such tests are increasingly moving beyond their origins in cutting-edge research and into the laboratory and diagnostic ...