‌Protein appears in nearly all body tissues, along with your enzymes, blood, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Healthy CSF has a low amount of protein.‌ If you show symptoms of an infection or nervous ...

IDH mutation status impact on in vivo hypoxia biomarkers expression: New insights from a clinical, nuclear imaging, and immunohistochemical study in 34 patients with glioma. Background: Cerebrospinal ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks represent a significant clinical challenge, marked by the aberrant escape of CSF from its usual confines into adjacent structures such as the paranasal sinuses, which ...

A novel, multi-analyte test developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Ludwig Center and the Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery can accurately identify brain cancers ...

Testing for meningitis may include a physical exam, blood tests, bacterial cultures, imaging, and a spinal tap for cerebrospinal fluid testing to confirm the diagnosis. Seek emergency care for severe ...

A test that looks for genetic hallmarks of brain cancers in samples of cerebrospinal fluid can decrease the time to diagnosis and eliminate the need for invasive brain biopsies for some patients.

How Is a CSF Glucose Test Done? The most common way to check the glucose in your cerebrospinal fluid is by performing a lumbar puncture, also called a spinal tap. In some cases, your doctor can also ...

Testing cytokine levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may rapidly differentiate brain infections from other central nervous system (CNS) diseases, new research suggests. "We have many tests for making ...

Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and four other institutions have developed a molecular test to identify the presence of brain ...

Brain fluid started leaking from a woman's nose after she was swabbed for COVID-19 testing as the extra-long Q-tips caused 'trauma' to pre-existing defect in the woman's skull. The University of Iowa ...

Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains. If done correctly, the swab is angled parallel to the floor, ...