cerebrospinal fluid
noun
: a colorless liquid that is comparable to serum, is secreted from the blood into the lateral ventricles of the brain, and serves chiefly to maintain uniform pressure within the brain and spinal cord
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One measurable biomarker that could indicate dementia is a change in cerebrospinal fluid, a substance present in the brain.5
Stage 2: Very Mild Cognitive Decline
In the second stage of dementia, the person may begin to notice mild memory loss.
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Jess Sims, Health, 10 May 2024
By the age of 65, almost all members of this group had abnormal levels of a protein called amyloid—high amounts of which is tied to Alzheimer’s—in their cerebrospinal fluid, and 75 percent of them showed abnormal amyloid levels in brain scans.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
Yet the best ways of diagnosing Alzheimer’s are either expensive (PET scans can cost $3,000) or invasive (cerebrospinal fluid can be obtained only through a lumbar puncture).
—TIME, 2 May 2024
Until then, the virus had been hard to pin down in the central nervous system, rarely showing up in cerebrospinal fluid—which is the case for polio virus as well.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
The shifting of blood and cerebrospinal fluid toward the head is thought to be the underlying cause of vision problems experienced by some astronauts.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Researchers will be able to list animal parts for sale, from cerebrospinal fluid to whole organs.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
The 40-Hz therapy helps to bring more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
The cerebrospinal fluid picks up all of the waste products in the spaces between neurons before being flushed out again through the same channels, leaving behind clean interstitial fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Jess Sims, Health, 10 May 2024
By the age of 65, almost all members of this group had abnormal levels of a protein called amyloid—high amounts of which is tied to Alzheimer’s—in their cerebrospinal fluid, and 75 percent of them showed abnormal amyloid levels in brain scans.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
Yet the best ways of diagnosing Alzheimer’s are either expensive (PET scans can cost $3,000) or invasive (cerebrospinal fluid can be obtained only through a lumbar puncture).
—TIME, 2 May 2024
Until then, the virus had been hard to pin down in the central nervous system, rarely showing up in cerebrospinal fluid—which is the case for polio virus as well.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
The shifting of blood and cerebrospinal fluid toward the head is thought to be the underlying cause of vision problems experienced by some astronauts.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Researchers will be able to list animal parts for sale, from cerebrospinal fluid to whole organs.
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
The 40-Hz therapy helps to bring more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
The cerebrospinal fluid picks up all of the waste products in the spaces between neurons before being flushed out again through the same channels, leaving behind clean interstitial fluid.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Cerebrospinal fluid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cerebrospinal%20fluid. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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