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    High Birth Weight May Raise Brain Tumor Risk  Sep 3, 2008
    Over 4000 of these children developed astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, or tumors in the cerebrospinal passageways of the brain known as ependymomas. In studies reporting the development of astrocytomas, the researchers found that each 1000 gram (2. (MEDLINEplus)

    Disorder has woman raising awareness, organizing walk  Aug 31, 2008
    According to information provided by Churchill, Chiari malformation is a neurological disorder where the cerebellum crowds the spinal cord, which puts pressure on the brain and spine, disrupting the flow of cerebrospinal fluid. This, in turn, often leads to syringomyelia, which is a fluid-filled cyst that develops inside the spinal cord. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    PET Scans May Help Detect Alzheimer's Brain Plaques  Aug 13, 2008
    In their study, University of Kuopio researchers examined 10 patients without severe dementia who'd undergone a biopsy of their brain's frontal cortex to check for normal-pressure hydrocephalus, an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. Related News. (U.S. News & World Report)

    PET Scans May Help Assess Presence Of Brain Plaques Related To Alzheimer's Disease  Aug 13, 2008
    D., of the University of Kuopio, Finland, and colleagues studied 10 patients without severe dementia who had undergone a biopsy of their frontal cortex because they were suspected of having normal-pressure hydrocephalus, an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. Cognitive impairment is a symptom of both Alzheimer's disease and normal-pressure hydrocephalus, and 22 percent to 42 percent of patients with symptoms of normal-pressure hydrocephalus have brain lesions characteristic of... (Science Daily)

    Brain imaging may allow Alzheimer's diagnosis  Aug 12, 2008
    The study involved 10 people, all of whom had undergone a brain biopsy because of a suspected abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. By examining this brain tissue, the researchers determined that six of the people had Alzheimer's disease-related plaques in their brain and four had no such brain changes. (Reuters)

    Pharmacokinetics Study Confirms Therapeutic-Enabling Quantities of Allon's Drugs AL-108 and AL-208 in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid  Aug 12, 2008
    "Our results confirmed that therapeutic-enabling quantities of AL-108 or AL-208 were found in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the healthy adults and the Alzheimer's patients," said McCauley. "The amounts of AL-108 and Al-208 in the CSF were dose proportional and both drugs were safe and well-tolerated by the test subjects.". (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    Anglers needed for cancer benefit  Aug 10, 2008
    According to the American Syringomyelia Alliance Project Web site, Chiari Malformation is a congenital malformation characterized by a small or misshapen posterior fossa (the compartment in the back of the skull), a reduction in cerebrospinal fluid pathways and a protrusion of the cerebellar tonsils through the bottom of the skull into the spinal canal. White said that benefit attracted 33 boats. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)

    Alzheimer's Disease Patients Show Improvement In Trial Of New Drug  Aug 1, 2008
    They found that levels of amyloid-beta 42 in the cerebrospinal fluid of those on the 250mg dose of PBT2 were reduced by approximately 13 percent compared to placebo at the end of the 12-week period. Amyloid-beta needs the metals zinc and copper in order to accumulate in the brain and these two metals become abnormally distributed in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. (Science Daily)

    Summer Heat Too Hot For You? What Is Comfortable?  Aug 1, 2008
    Summer Heat Too Hot For You. Summer Heat Too Hot For You. (Science Daily)

    Advances Made against Alzheimer's Disease  Aug 1, 2008
    Detailed measurements showed an increased level of beta amyloid in both blood and cerebrospinal fluid after 12 weeks in those getting the antibody, an indication that the beta amyloid in the brain might be starting to dissolve, the researchers said. New studies of the therapy are planned. (MEDLINEplus)

    'De-Tangling' Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise  Jul 31, 2008
    The agent did reduce levels of amyloid plaque in cerebrospinal fluid. People on the higher dose (250 milligrams) of the drug also showed significant improvements in certain mental tests compared to those on placebo, the team reported. (MEDLINEplus)

    'Biomarkers' May Help Spot, Track Alzheimer's  Jul 31, 2008
    A second study, from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, confirmed previous findings: that the more amyloid there is in the brain (as measured by PET scans), the less beta amyloid 42 there is in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Beta amyloid 42 is an extra-"sticky" type of amyloid protein which accumulates and forms plaques. (MEDLINEplus)

    Markers in Blood and Spinal Fluid, and a New Imaging Agent, Show Promise for Early Detection of Alzheimer's  Jul 30, 2008
    Anne M. Fagan, PhD, of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, and colleagues previously demonstrated in a small group (n=24) that a low level of AB42 in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an effective marker for determining the presence of amyloid in the brain as assessed by PET scans using a marker called Pittsburgh Compound B (PIB) ... Professor Harald Hampel, of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and the University of Munich, Germany, Professor Yong Shen, of Sun Health Research... (PR Newswire)

    NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease 2008  Jul 26, 2008
    By combining MRI brain scans and measurements of certain compounds in the cerebrospinal fluid, NYU researchers were able to distinguish individuals who would develop Alzheimer's disease over a two-year period ... It found that higher levels of tau protein in the cerebrospinal fluid correlated with lower grey matter density in brain regions that are important for learning and memory, and are susceptible to Alzheimer's ... Combining cerebrospinal fluid measurements and imaging markers to identify... (EurekAlert!)

    Ministry scotches rumor of meningitis in Olympic co-host city Qingdao  Jul 19, 2008
    Special report: BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Foreign media reports about an outbreak of Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis (ECM) in Olympic co-host city Qingdao were groundless, a health official said here Friday. Qingdao, a coastal resort in eastern Shandong Province and the Olympic sailing venue, had reported no ECM cases since the beginning of July, Liang Dongming, deputy director of the emergency response office under the Health Ministry, told a press conference on Friday. (Xinhuanet, China)

    An ID for Alzheimer's?  Jul 19, 2008
    "Since we knew that 50 percent of first-degree relatives will inherit the same rare mutations, we were able to study the biochemical changes occurring in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood as long as 30 years before the subjects were likely to develop the disease themselves," said Ringman, who is the assistant director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCLA. "This allowed us to identify markers that might be used to diagnose the disease prior to the development of... (EurekAlert!)

    Apnea and Seizures in a Newborn  Jul 17, 2008
    Although an accurate diagnosis was made without the use of lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, we think these tests should have been performed ... Although a computed tomographic (CT) scan of the head showed no evidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage, small subarachnoid hemorrhages are often diagnosed only with cerebrospinal fluid analysis. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Ethiopia: UN Raises Alarm As Humanitarian Crisis Worsens  Jul 16, 2008
    Cases of acute watery diarrhoeal have been reported in 16 districts, and outbreaks of cerebrospinal meningitis in 37 districts. More than 7000 cases of measles have been registered in 38 districts. (allAfrica.com)

    Bats in our belfries  Jul 16, 2008
    Paul Grenenwald, Zoonosis Control Veterinarian with the Texas Department of State Health Services, explained that rabies is only present in a bat s saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, brain tissue and spinal cord. An infection can be transmitted when the material is inoculated in an open wound. (Pearland Journal, TX)

    Spinal Fluid Protein Points to Alzheimer's Test  Jun 21, 2008
    As they report in the medical journal Neurology, the researchers found a significant increase in the complexes in the cerebrospinal fluid of the subjects with mild cognitive impairment and in those with late Alzheimer's disease, but not in the others. The team also measured levels of the complex in cerebrospinal fluid obtained by lumbar punctures in living individuals -- 15 subjects with probable Alzheimer's disease and 14 age-matched normal "controls.". (MEDLINEplus)

    Pharmaceutical Study: Less Hemorrhaging After Stroke, But Not Fewer Deaths  Jun 17, 2008
    These are patients with a limited hemorrhage size (delta 60ml), with limited amounts of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid space (delta 5ml), who are not over an age 70 years and who will be treated within 2. 5 hours or less. (Science Daily)

    Gene Variation Linked To Earlier Onset Of Alzheimer's Symptoms  Jun 11, 2008
    D., associate professor of neurology, measured soluble forms of amyloid-beta and tau proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid ... "A particular form of amyloid-beta called amyloid-beta 42, tends to be higher in the cerebrospinal fluid of normal individuals and lower in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in cognitively normal people who have amyloid plaques in the brain," says Holtzman ... "Tau protein levels in the cerebrospinal fluid increase when a person starts developing dementia.". (Science Daily)

    Molecular Changes In Brain Fluid Give Insight Into Brain-damaging Disease  Jun 8, 2008
    Howard Fox, Gary Siuzdak, et al. Metabolomic analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid reveals changes in phospholipase expression in the CNS of SIV-infected macaques. Journal of Clinical Investigation, June 2, 2008. (Science Daily)

    Henley woman charged with abusing baby (5558)  Jun 7, 2008
    The child has a ventriullostomy, which drains excess cerebrospinal fluid. He also currently is getting blood transfusions and is on a ventilator to keep oxygen saturations up, the statement said. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    They Shoot Chickens, Don't They?  Jun 5, 2008
    Authorities in Canada , which kills birds by increasing the acidity of their cerebrospinal fluid. (Long-necked birds, like ducks, require more gas than the relatively short-necked chickens. (Slate)

    Should Kufuors regime be acquitted, or made to quit?  Jun 2, 2008
    Furthermore, ones understanding of health such as in cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), measles, diarrhoeas, amoebic dysentery, and difficult labour in pregnancy necessitate the client/patients immediate transportation to the nearest health post in the district for the appropriate treatment and care. In this context, the Garu Health Clinic is appropriate. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    A prince of a competitor  Jun 1, 2008
    Prominent among them, when he was 8, was the insertion of a shunt extending from his head to his stomach to drain his cerebrospinal fluid and avoid hydrocephalus. Some doctors were convinced he'd never walk or talk. (Boston Globe)

    A real brainiac  May 20, 2008
    The model also shows a ventricle, where cerebrospinal fluid is stored, the cross-section between the two hemispheres of the brain and the inside of the cerebellum. With this model, Cormier wants to create a mold that can be used to cast replicas. (AL.com)

    Steroids Provide No Survival Benefit For Children With Bacterial Meningitis, Study Shows  May 9, 2008
    4, 2007) A set of guidelines have been developed that can help predict the risk of bacterial meningitis for children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis (presence of greater number of white blood cells than. (Jun. (Science Daily)

    Jolting the brain fights deep depression  May 4, 2008
    " According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, deep brain stimulation has been used in the past two decades to treat , multiple sclerosis and other tremor and pain disorders, with more than 35,000 deep brain stimulation implants worldwide. Potentially using it for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder is just one example of expanding off-label use. The idea of using an electrical jolt to shock away depression isn't new. Doctors have been using electroconvulsive therapy,... (CNN -- Health)

    Beware of Grass Tetany on Fast-Growing Pasture  May 2, 2008
    In a dead animal, magnesium levels in the urine, cerebrospinal fluid (up to 12 hours after death) and vitreous fluid (from the rear chamber of the eyeball up to 48 hours after death) may be measured to diagnose grass tetany conclusively by a veterinary diagnostic lab ... This allows time for magnesium concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid to return to normal and avoids the chance of inducing further convulsions. (Agri-View, WI)

    "Without Medair, my child would already be dead"  Apr 23, 2008
    Our specialist for epidemics, Atobu, joined the team the morning after and began taking samples of cerebrospinal fluid, as the team assisted with critical cases and supervised the correct administration of antibiotics. In those first desperate days of an outbreak, typical working hours don't count. (AlertNet)

    Cancer Cells Spread By Releasing 'Bubbles', According To New Study  Apr 23, 2008
    However, the assay and analysis of oncosomes would potentially only require taking a small sample of blood or cerebrospinal fluid. This would be a step in ensuring patient comfort and choosing the best therapeutic strategy for them, factors that are key in the journey towards personalized medicine in a hopefully not-too-distant future. (Science Daily)

    Cancer cells spread by releasing 'bubbles', according to an MUHC study  Apr 22, 2008
    How could this cellular minority have such an important impact" This mechanism was still unknown until now. This study shows that the mutated EGFRvIII triggers production of small vesicles that project from the cell membrane and that carry mutated copies of EGFRvIII on their surfaces. They were baptised oncosomes. Surprisingly enough, this shows that oncoproteins are not always confined to the cell that produced them. In this case they even migrate! Oncosomes will migrate until they fuse with... (EurekAlert!)

    New Details Presented In Outbreak In Pork Processing Plant Workers  Apr 19, 2008
    Thirteen out of 15 patients had elevated protein levels in their cerebrospinal (brain and spinal cord) fluid. Most patients had evidence of inflammation on spinal MRI examinations. (Science Daily)

    Study Results of GAMMAGARD S/D and GAMMAGARD LIQUID in Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Announced  Apr 18, 2008
    The study also met secondary endpoints that measured changes in beta-amyloid and anti-amyloid antibody levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid ... Secondary endpoint results suggest that levels of antibodies against beta-amyloid were observed to have increased in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of patients treated with GAMMAGARD S/D and GAMMAGARD LIQUID, while the levels of beta-amyloid increased in the blood ... The secondary endpoints measured changes in beta-amyloid and anti-amyloid... (PR Newswire)

    Discovery May Help Explain Smoking-pancreatic Cancer Link  Apr 17, 2008
    D., associate professor of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, the protein, osteopontin, is found in a variety of fluids in the body, such as plasma, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid and breast milk. Osteopontin is also present in different organs and plays an important role during embryonic development. (Science Daily)

    Hammond family struggles as father battles cancer  Apr 11, 2008
    Times Moderator wrote on Apr 10, 2008 5:56 PM:" The following information did not publish with the article. HOW TO HELP Donations can be made in Federico Flores' name to a fund at any First Midwest Bank branch. WHAT IS EPENDYMOMA? An ependymoma is a tumor that affects ependymal cells, which line the pathways that carry cerebrospinal fluid throughout the spinal cord. Ependymomas account for about 2 percent of all brain tumors, but they are the most common brain tumor in children. Although... (Munster Times, IN)

    Redox-active iron is a sensor of cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease  Apr 5, 2008
    The study focuses on the reactivity of iron in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and its correlation with the severity of cognitive decline in both patients with AD and subjects diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Different stages of cognitive and functional impairment are associated with changes in CSF reactive iron. (EurekAlert!)

    Lilly Launches Its First Phase III Trial for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease  Mar 31, 2008
    Currently available medications treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease but have not been shown to change its underlying progression, creating an urgent unmet medical need. Today, we are proud to announce the start of the IDENTITY clinical trial and hold hope that LY450139 will represent an advance in the attempt to slow the progression of this fatal disease. (Canada Newswire)

    How Dangerous Is Boxing For The Brain?  Mar 30, 2008
    18, 2006) A study of 14 Swedish amateur boxers suggests that they have higher levels of certain chemicals in their cerebrospinal fluid in the days following a bout, indicating injuries to neurons and other. (Sep. (Science Daily)

    Allon Reports 2007 Audited Operating Results and Updates 2008 Plans  Mar 19, 2008
    The trial began evaluating the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma pharmacokinetics of the Company's drugs AL-108 and AL-208 in healthy adult subjects ... - Complete and release results of a Phase I human clinical trial evaluating the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pharmacokinetics of AL-108 and AL-208 in healthy adult subjects and in Alzheimer's patients. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    Brainiacs at work: Seventh-graders learn tricks of ‘survival tool' - the brain  Mar 15, 2008
    Seib and company used an egg suspended in a jar of water to demonstrate how the brain is protected by cerebrospinal fluid, and helped the students build neurons using colorful pipe cleaners. When asked who wanted to hold a brain, nearly everyone's hand shot in the air. (Missoulian, MT)

    New hope in fight against Alzheimer's  Mar 15, 2008
    The experimental drug, PBT2, reduced the amount of a protein associated with Alzheimer's in the cerebrospinal fluid, compared to the placebo. Melbourne University spin-off company Prana Biotechnology plans a larger clinical trial. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Disease monitors 'looking in the wrong places'  Feb 27, 2008
    Just remember the outbreaks of Ebola, think of the resurgence of yellow fever, consider the devastation caused by cerebrospinal meningitis; you will see what I mean. Each time, we have those epidemics in Africa, the West rushes her experts and Africa looks on helplessly. (Nature News Service)

    Health Ministry plans to improve rural sanitation  Feb 19, 2008
    Eight vaccines have been added to prevent diseases such as hepatitis A and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, Mao said. Editor: Yao Siyan. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Scientists confirm new virus responsible for deaths of transplant recipients in Australia  Feb 7, 2008
    "The small pieces of viral genetic material recovered through this powerful high throughput sequencing method were used to design specific tests for detecting the virus in clinical samples and enabling detailed characterization. said Gustavo Palacios, PhD, first author of the paper and assistant professor in the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Mailman School. Surveys at Columbia and the VIRDL revealed that viral RNA was present in a total of 22 out of 30 samples of tissue, blood, or... (EurekAlert!)

    Turner is getting back to normal life after brain surgery 02-03-2008  Feb 3, 2008
    This also blocked the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and caused the symptoms that Turner was experiencing. The only solution to the problem would be brain surgery that had an 85 percent success rate. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)

    Creationists launch 'science' journal  Jan 24, 2008
    They are in good company with other god-believers", like suicide bombers who are promised their place in heaven...by fellow men. 23 Jan, 2008 Posted by: Geoff Lawrence I'm Irish, and I really don't understand the evolution / creation divide in schools in America. Evolution belongs in science classes. Creation belongs in religion classes. Simple! What's the big deal? 23 Jan, 2008 Posted by: Siobhn Mooney I think it important to note that the ARJ sets a unique prior restraint for its... (Nature News Service)

    Mauling victim moves on with life  Jan 21, 2008
    " It took eight hours to clean Bigley's wounds and sew up the skin, "to put the puzzle back together," as Kallman puts it. Then came the long wait to see if he'd survive. That first week in the intensive care unit, with Dan's brain "open to the world" and cerebrospinal fluid pouring out his nose, the biggest fear was that he would get meningitis or some other type of infection. But if anyone could beat the odds, friends and family members keeping vigil at the hospital knew Bigley was the guy.... (Anchorage Daily News)

    Fast-Acting Alzheimer's Therapy Excites Researchers  Jan 14, 2008
    "It is imperative that the medical and scientific communities immediately undertake to further investigate and characterize the physiologic mechanisms involved. "This gives all of us in Alzheimer's research a tremendous new clue about new avenues of research, which is so exciting and so needed in the field of Alzheimer's," she said. The study focuses on one of these cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), a critical component of the brain's immune system. Normally, TNF finely regulates the... (Consumer Affairs)

    Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human Study  Jan 10, 2008
    Excess TNF-alpha has been documented in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer s.. The new study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic effect in an Alzheimer s patient: improvement within minutes following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept given by injection in the spine. (Science Daily)

    Allon Trial Studies Pharmacokinetics of AL-108 & AL-208  Jan 10, 2008
    VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 10, 2008) - Allon Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: - ), The Neuro Protection Company(TM), announced today that it had commenced dosing in a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of AL-108 (intranasal administration) or AL-208 (intravenous administration) in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of healthy adult subjects. ADVERTISEMENT. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)

    Symptoms of Alzheimer's Reversed in Minutes  Jan 10, 2008
    Excess TNF-alpha has been documented in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimers. The new study documents a dramatic and unprecedented therapeutic effect in an Alzheimers patient: improvement within minutes following delivery of perispinal etanercept, which is etanercept given by injection in the spine. (Newsmax)

    Giving back: Local couple writes book to help others learn about hydrocephalus  Jan 5, 2008
    " The Hydrocephalus Association describes the condition as "an abnormal accumulation of fluid-cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, within cavities called ventricles inside the brain ... " That's exactly what happened with Emma, whose hydrocephalus, often called "water on the brain," is believed to be congenital (from a condition caused at birth.) Emma was born one week early and it wasn't long before Ellen and Brian noticed unusual head growth. By one month there was no question - she had a head the... (Farmington Valley Post, CT)

    Family enjoys beauty of Christmas  Dec 25, 2007
    Mikayle, a fifth grader at Garfield Elementary School, has hydrocephalus, a congenital condition, which is the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the cerebral ventricles on the brain. The condition is sometimes known as 'water on the brain' and can cause enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain if untreated. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)

    Situation report on floods, Nov 2007  Dec 11, 2007
    GHS has requested for support from WHO and UNICEF to procure preventive vaccines for Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM). A number of Bilhazia (Schistosoma hematobium) cases have been noticed in the Sissala West district. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Research Identifies Need for Improved Understanding of Sickle Cell Disease in Adulthood  Dec 9, 2007
    1 L less than controls and cerebrospinal fluid volume in patients was 16 mL greater than controls. These differences are significant. (PR Newswire)

    Insulin regulates the secretion of the antiaging hormome Klotho  Nov 28, 2007
    The Klotho protein sits in the membrane of certain cells but is also found circulating in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, which indicates that it is secreted. The fact that Klotho is secreted suggested that enzymes that act like scissors must be involved in the liberation of Klotho from the cell membrane. (EurekAlert!)

    Count our blessings thankfully  Nov 22, 2007
    He lost his sight and hearing at the age of 4, when he contracted cerebrospinal meningitis. "Unable to hear the sound of my own voice, I gradually lost my feeling for the pitch and stresses that give speech its human character," he wrote in his 1958 autobiography, "Life at My Fingerprints." He learned to communicate through POP, the print-on-the-palm method of printing block letters on the palm of the hand. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Biomarkers For Alzheimer's Disease Can Be Trusted In Clinical Trials  Nov 19, 2007
    Dr Zetterberg and colleagues analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from more than 80 patients with mild cognitive impairment ... "If a novel drug candidate actually stops or slows down the neurodegenerative disease process in Alzheimer's disease, we should expect a normalized tau concentration in cerebrospinal fluid in patients on active treatment. Such a change should be readily detectable also in a small and inexpensive pilot study, given the low intra-individual variation in biomarker levels over time... (Science Daily)

    Brain Chemicals Involved In Aggression Identified: May Lead To New Treatments  Nov 8, 2007
    " Little is known about how the brain works in reactive aggression. In their most recent studies, Frank and his colleagues recruited two groups of male adolescents: one group diagnosed with RADI behavior and the other group without any history of mental illness or aggression problems. While being scanned by a brain imaging machine, both sets of teenagers were asked to perform tasks that involved reacting to age-appropriate, fear-inducing images. The tasks also tested the teenagers' impulsivity.... (Science Daily)

    Woman facing delicate surgery because brain too big for skull 11-04-2007  Nov 4, 2007
    This also blocks the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and causes the symptoms that Lana had been experiencing. The only way to relieve the pressure is to have brain surgery. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)

    Human Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Darien  Oct 16, 2007
    Samples of the patients blood and cerebrospinal fluid were submitted to the Department of Public Health Laboratory and tested positive for antibodies indicating WNV infection. West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes were trapped in Darien on Sept. 26. (NBC30.com)

    Blood proteins may diagnose Alzheimers  Oct 15, 2007
    Others have found that proteins from these plaques can be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds the spinal cord and can be accessed through a spinal tap. But, Wyss-Coray says, many studies are beginning to support the idea that a biomarker outside the brain could allow earlier and easier diagnosis. (Nature News Service)

    Drug Cocktail Stops Brain Damage Caused By HIV  Oct 10, 2007
    Researchers tested the participants' cerebrospinal fluid before and after treatment to see if there were elevated levels of a particular biomarker for brain injury called neurofilament light protein. The study found 21 people had high levels of the protein, suggestive of brain damage, at the beginning of treatment. (Science Daily)

    AIDS Drugs Preserve Brain, Study Finds  Oct 10, 2007
    Dr. Asa Mellgren of Goteborg University in Sweden and colleagues studied 53 men and women infected with HIV. They tested their cerebrospinal fluid, then gave them HAART for one year. Before treatment, 21 of the patients had high levels of a protein called neurofilament light protein, which was believed to be a biological marker for brain damage. (MEDLINEplus)

    Deadly mystery disease follows troops home Infections seen in military...  Oct 8, 2007
    Deadly mystery disease follows troops home / Infections seen in military hospitals in Iraq spread to U.S.. " In two months, the bacterium was found in 44 of the 211 patients wounded in battle. It was getting out of control. Petersen pleaded for help with an e-mail to an infectious disease mailing list. "Can anyone familiar with (the) soil biology of Iraq or the drug-prescribing practices of the preregime medical system explain the severe drug resistance pattern we are seeing among our trauma... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Deadly mystery disease follows troops home  Oct 8, 2007
    " In two months, the bacterium was found in 44 of the 211 patients wounded in battle. It was getting out of control. Petersen pleaded for help with an e-mail to an infectious disease mailing list. "Can anyone familiar with (the) soil biology of Iraq or the drug-prescribing practices of the preregime medical system explain the severe drug resistance pattern we are seeing among our trauma victims. " It was no surprise that Petersen knew little about Acinetobacter - long seen as the slacker of the... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    The Spaces Between  Oct 4, 2007
    By injecting tracers and tracking their diffusion through the living brains of rats and other animals, they have discovered that about 20 percent is extracellular space, filled with cerebrospinal fluid the same liquid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal cord. Nicholson and colleagues also found that diffusion is slow because the many nooks and crannies between cells impede the flow of molecules as they enter microscopic blind alleys and become trapped. (Scientific American)

    What exactly is the condition normal-pressure hydrocephalus?  Oct 1, 2007
    In NPH, cerebrospinal fluid fails to drain properly from spaces in the brain called ventricles. This excess fluid then pushes on brain regions that control walking, memory, and bladder control, creating the three hallmark symptoms of NPH: a shuffling gait in which the person feels as though his feet are glued to the floor, dementia, and incontinence. (Boston Globe)

    Mysterious foe preys on war's wounded  Sep 30, 2007
    Hundreds of patients -- the military says it has not tabulated how many -- have been infected with the bacterium in their bloodstream, cerebrospinal fluid, bones or lungs. Many of them were troops wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan; others have been civilians infected after stays in military hospitals. (Los Angeles Times)

    The Cougar Lounge - nm  Sep 24, 2007
    The identity of the man in his mid-40's is protected, but brain scans have shown that fluid at first suspected to be beer, but later confirmed to be cerebrospinal fluid has taken up residence where brain tissue should be, reducing the brain size somewhere between 50-75. Scientists were flabbergasted as to how the patient was capable of functioning in society although intelligence tests show him with an IQ of 75 [below the average of 100 but not considered mentally disabled. (Washington State Sports -- Rivals.com)

    New way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease promises earlier treatment  Sep 18, 2007
    New diagnostic measures include a clinical core of early, progressive and significant episodic memory loss plus one or more abnormal biomarkers (biological indicators) characteristic of AD, including atrophy (wasting) of the temporal lobe as shown on Magnetic Resonance Imaging; abnormal amyloid Beta protein concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid; a specific pattern showing reduced glucose metabolism on Positron Emission Tomography scans of the brain; and a genetic mutation for AD within the... (EurekAlert!)

    Integra NeuroSciences Launches DuraGen XS Dural Regeneration Matrix  Sep 16, 2007
    In both cases, effective dural closure is imperative to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leaks and facilitate wound healing. Dural defects may be repaired with dural graft substitutes. (Primezone Releases)

    Pathologist who could have cleared mother wins appeal  Sep 6, 2007
    Dr Williams failed to mention in his postmortem report that tests had been carried out on Mrs Clark's second baby, Harry, which showed Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in his tissues and cerebrospinal fluid. She was convicted of killing Harry and her previous baby, Christopher, in 1999 but freed on a second appeal in 2003 after the microbiological results came to light. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)

    Cellular Marker For Multiple Sclerosis Discovered  Sep 2, 2007
    At present, multiple sclerosis is diagnosed by testing for antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid or by performing MRI scans of the brain. The future will show whether this new finding can also be useful for the development of a new therapy. (Science Daily)

    Human case of West Nile confirmed  Aug 29, 2007
    Both involve measuring antibodies in the blood or cerebrospinal fluid. The appearance of IgG antibodies comes later in an infection, but detection of that antibody is a less specific way of diagnosing West Nile because that antibody may also be present with other viruses, Currier said. (Greenwood Commonwealth, MS)

    Genomewide Analysis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis  Aug 23, 2007
    The FLJ10986 protein was found to be expressed in the spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid of patients and of controls. Specific SNPs seem to be associated with sex, age at onset, and site of onset of sporadic ALS.. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Cry for help strikes chord of friendship  Aug 22, 2007
    The foundation describes intracranial hypertension as the general name for disorders "in which the cerebrospinal fluid pressure within the skull is too high.". Wachs was the first musical friend from the past to hear about the severity of the challenges faced by Harrison-Clements and her son Robbie. (Los Angeles Times)

    Promising DNA Vaccine For Multiple Sclerosis  Aug 14, 2007
    " These included a reduction in the number of cytokine-producing CD4+ T cells - a kind of white blood cell. This fall was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid as well as in the blood of three patients who volunteered for a lumbar puncture after completing the course of injections. The scientists say that the atorvastatin does not seem to offer any additional benefit. The authors wrote "There were no increases in clinical relapses, disability, drug-associated laboratory abnormalities, adverse... (Medical News Today)

    A Pregnant Woman with Altered Mental Status  Aug 9, 2007
    Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination. Electroencephalographic Studies. (New England Journal of Medicine)

    Persons With Narcolepsy With Cataplexy Have Low Levels Of CSF Hypocretin-1  Aug 6, 2007
    Persons with narcolepsy with cataplexy have low levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hypocretin-1, a protein thought to help regulate sleep and wakefulness, according to a study published in the August 1st issue of the journal Sleep. The study, authored by Mona Skard Heier, MD, PhD, of Ullev. (Science Daily)

    Gene Variant Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease  Aug 2, 2007
    The FLJ10986 protein was found to be produced in spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid of both ALS and control patients. A SNP is a unit of DNA whose sequence can vary from person to person and can influence susceptibility to disease. (Health-Finder)

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