When Rose Kruze started suffering from debilitating headaches, she had no idea they were a symptom of an under-diagnosed ...

A CSF leak is when CSF drains from a tear or hole in the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. In rare cases, the drainage can escape from a person's nose—appearing like a runny nose.

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 ...

A new study led by Jonathan D. Santoro, MD, Director of the Neuroimmunology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, shows evidence of dysfunction of the blood–brain barrier and inflammation in the ...

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 ...

Your brain’s natural rinse cycle flows while you sleep. A new study suggests certain medications interfere with that important nightly ritual.

In the Alzheimer’s field, conventional wisdom holds that the growth of amyloid plaques in the brain soaks up Aβ42 peptide, depleting it from cerebrospinal fluid. Now, in the February 12 Nature Aging ...

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

Doctors analyze cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to help identify conditions that affect your brain and spine. CSF samples are typically collected through a lumbar (spinal) tap. CSF is the clear fluid ...

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