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 ...

The study herein presented was undertaken to determine whether neoplastic involvement of the central nervous system would result in increased lactic dehydrogenase activity of the spinal fluid. It is ...

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 ...