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.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also called pseudotumor cerebri, refers to elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure that develops most often in women of reproductive age with obesity, causing ...

Tiziana Life Sciences Announces New Biomarker Data Showing Nasal Foralumab Downregulates CSF Inflammation, Upregulates Neuroprotective Pathways, and Correlates with Reduced Microglial Activation on ...

Twenty-two patients were included (77% female; median age 60 years). Sixty-four percent had sensitizing EGFR mutations, and 32% had an atypical EGFR mutation. Thirteen of the 22 patients (59%) were ...

Doctors are increasingly using proteins in spinal fluid to support the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. Our research shows that each person has a characteristic background ...

In the Alzheimer’s field, conventional wisdom holds that the growth of amyloid plaques in the brain soaks up Aβ42 peptide, depleting it from cerebrospinal fluid. Now, in the February 12 Nature Aging ...

Introduction Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus affecting millions predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Robust epidemiological ...

In addition to brain imaging, laboratory analysis of cerebrospinal fluid is important for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, proteomic analysis of this fluid has revealed a set ...