The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...
It’s been 55 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn successfully launched into space to complete three orbits aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
Although yawning seems like a small, everyday action, recent studies have found that it causes an unexpected reaction in the ...
Brain MRIs of sleeping children showed a correlation between enlarged perivascular spaces and a later autism diagnosis, researchers reported. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News The fluid-filled ...
A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...
Cerebrospinal fluid is a watery liquid that continually circulates through the brain’s ventricles and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord. It acts like a cushion that helps protect the ...
Space looks peaceful from the outside. Astronauts float effortlessly, their movements fluid and graceful against the backdrop ...
The fluid-filled spaces around the brain's blood vessels need proper waste "clearance" every few hours. When that fails to happen, a baby's risk for autism appears to rise, new research shows. It's ...