Freezing of gait (FOG) is characterized by arrests of stepping when initiating gait, turning, and walking straight ahead and patients describe it as their feet being “glued” to the floor 1. While it ...

Researchers from the MPI of Biochemistry and the Technical University of Munich have discovered new diagnostic markers for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects 3 million people worldwide.

Whole-exome sequencing revealed variants in a gene that compromise connective tissue integrity and may increase a person’s ...

Midlife hypertension has been identified as a risk factor for the development of dementia, however, the underlying mechanism of this correlation remains unclear. In this study, we analyzed ...

It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying their cerebrospinal fluid, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center ...

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 ...

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University and Johns Hopkins University have identified genetic mutations that ...

Exploring the genetic blueprint of cerebrospinal fluid proteins, this study uncovers new markers and therapeutic targets that may unlock advancements in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and care. Study: ...

Comparing rates of immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity in different treatment settings (neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A meta-analysis of phase III ...

Immune cells accessing cerebrospinal fluid faithfully recapitulate the characteristics of cells identified in brain metastasis, and could therefore constitute novel biomarkers of response to ...