Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered, in rodents, that fluid that circulates through the brain flows to areas critical for normal brain development and function, suggesting that disruptions to its circulation may play an underrecognized role in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Tag: Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Spinal Fluid Biomarkers Detect Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s Disease in Living Patients
New research reveals that the same framework of proteins and peptides that can detect Alzheimer’s disease in cerebrospinal fluid can also detect other forms of neurodegeneration, like frontotemporal degeneration.

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