A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a ...

A potential new biomarker for predicting future cognitive resilience versus decline among people with early Alzheimer's ...

When pregnant cattle get infected with pathogens, there can be severe consequences for their fetal calves. Bovine viral ...

A CSF leak occurs when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) escapes from the protective layer surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This is a serious condition that can cause headaches, seizures, or meningitis.

The center collects, stores, and distributes pre- and postmortem tissues including brain, spinal cord, CSF, serum, blood cells, and urine. The center maintains inventories of its tissue and fluid ...

Suspending the brain in this fluid reduces its effective weight and ... Risk factors for the condition include connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome as well as postural ...

These microscopic images seemed to support the idea that the material originated from brain tissue. "It is amazing to see preserved the microscopic neural structures of an ancient brain," says ...

As we get older, the essential cleaning processes that our brains need to keep functioning start to break down and fail.

Heat from the eruption in A.D. 79 was so intense that it vitrified the brain tissue of one unfortunate Herculaneum resident, a new study confirms. By Franz Lidz Five years ago Italian researchers ...