Background: Removal of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) is the common treatment of post hemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD) in newborn infants. Puncture from a subcutaneous ventricular catheter ...

Doctors told a 68-year-old woman her brain was one in a million and while the finding was anything but welcome, she knows the experts who identified her colloid cyst likely save her life. From a visit ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to stabilize and protect it. But over time, too much scarring can prevent nerves ...

‌Protein appears in nearly all body tissues, along with your enzymes, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Healthy CSF has a low amount of protein.‌ If you show symptoms of an infection or nervous ...

Another and important means of prevention of neurologic disease after spinal anesthesia involves the proper selection of patients. Afflictions of the central nervous system and spinal column are ...

Analysing cancer DNA in spinal fluid could speed up and improve the diagnosis of breast cancer which has spread to the brain and spinal cord, according to a new pilot study. The type of test, known as ...