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Intervening in the pathways that disrupt the brain’s waste clearance system could help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also called pseudotumor cerebri, refers to elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure that develops most often in women of reproductive age with obesity, causing ...
A study found that poor sleep can negatively impact how well the brain flushes out toxins, increasing the risk of dementia.
The second was the size of the choroid plexus, where the CSF is produced, while the third measure reflected the flow velocity of CSF into the brain. Further analysis showed that several cardiovascular ...
Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) ...