It is not only the heart that has chambers - the brain does, too. Its four ventricles are connected to the spinal canal and filled with a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid, which removes ...

A 35 year-old man presented with headaches and gait imbalance. He had been hospitalized for six weeks as a child for meningitis. Non-Communicating Hydrocephalus: Flair axial MRI images. Note the ...

A 45 year-old man presented with gait difficulty and falling. He had a severe head injury ten years earlier. Communicating Hydrocephalus: (Left) Flair axial MRI; (Middle and Right) T1-weighted coronal ...

Ventricular resection can significantly improve your life span if you have severe heart failure due to an enlarged left ventricle. If you have an enlarged heart (also known as cardiomegaly), it means ...

Fetuses with enlarged ventricles—the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain—may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a study ...

Fetuses with enlarged ventricles -- the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain -- may be less likely than their counterparts to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida, according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People whose sedentary time rose from age 11 to 24 years were more likely to have a progressively enlarged left ...

Is normal pressure hydrocephalus a reversible dementia? Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a rare but potentially treatable form of dementia. Hydrocephalus is a condition in which the cerebrospinal ...

Developmental or adulthood overexpression of Gαs, a G-protein subunit that is genetically linked to schizophrenia, is sufficient to cause enlarged lateral ventricles and a smaller dorsal and ventral ...

Enlarged ventricles in the brains of people with multiple sclerosis were previously considered a sign of tissue loss. But a team at the MDC and ECRC demonstrated that this expansion often recedes. A ...