If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial ...

For high-risk patients, the method could offer a safer alternative to open-heart surgery.

Nearly everyone has experienced it: After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off when you should be paying attention. A new ...

Introduction: This report describes the use of three-dimensional constructive interference in steady state (3D-CISS) and phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) sequences to investigate the ...

Massage might help your brain flow regain its mojo. On June 4 in Nature, researchers led by Gou Young Koh at the Institute for Basic Science in Daejeon, South Korea, mapped the labyrinth of lymphatics ...

Scientists at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have uncovered a non-invasive method to boost the brain’s natural waste drainage system—a discovery that they suggest could open new avenues for ...

A device that massages the face and neck boosts the brain’s waste disposal system, suggesting it could reduce the severity of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) bathes our ...

Here we go again, I get to talk about umpiring calls. Controversial, to say the least, and it has everyone buzzing on social media, surprisingly divided in what they believe. This time, it’s an ...

A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a subject of debate. Encased in the skull, perched atop the spine, the brain has a ...

Hydrocephalus is a neurological condition caused by aberrant circulation and/or obstructed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow after cerebral ventricle abnormal dilatation. In the past 50 years, the ...

ABSTRACT: Hydrocephalus is a medical condition caused by an abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) buildup in the brain’s ventricles. This excess fluid causes the ventricles to enlarge, increasing ...

Hydrocephalus is a medical condition caused by an abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) buildup in the brain’s ventricles. This excess fluid causes the ventricles to enlarge, increasing pressure within ...