Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day. Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...

Researchers identify tanycytes as a critical mechanism for clearing toxic tau protein from the brain, offering a new target ...

A group of specialized cells play a crucial part in clearing toxic proteins from inside the brain 1. But in people with Alzheimer’s disease, these cells malfunction, leading to the build up of tau ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Joel was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...

Q: I have always liked how yawning feels and wondered what it's for. I just read there is new information about how yawning affects your brain. Do you know anything about that? Also, do we know ...

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.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new role for little-known brain cells called tanycytes that may influence the development of Alzheimer’s disease. These specialized cells appear to help remove ...

“Latent herpes viruses have the potential to reactivate in people living with HIV which can lead to neuroinflammation and impact long-term brain health,” said Shirin Mazumder, MD, infectious diseases ...

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Danielle Wilhour, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...