Everything’s a little off when you haven’t had any sleep: you can’t remember where you put your cell phone, your eyes burn, ...

Recent research suggests that the circulation of brain fluid could serve as an early indicator of dementia, even before the ...

Brain's nightly cleaning cycle, crucial for clearing waste like beta-amyloid, falters with sleep loss. This disruption ...

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) ...

Sleep deprivation reliably caused attention failures despite their obvious dangers, like the potentially fatal consequences ...

An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that ...

How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

We spend about one-third of our lives asleep, and yet, the secret of how our brain falls asleep remains one of the greatest ...

A study suggests sleep-deprivation impairs attention as the brain prioritizes waste clearance over cognitive function during ...