CereVasc’s pivotal trial is enrolling people with normal pressure hydrocephalus. The condition is defined by blockages to the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, after it exits the ventricles, ...

Brain slides are displayed on a lightbox during Brain Awareness Day, March 21, 2026, at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Chuck Kennedy/National Museum of Health ...

New research suggests yawning might help your ‘glymphatic system’—aka the brain’s waste clearance pathway. In a small study of 22 participants who underwent MRI scans, yawning sent cerebrospinal fluid ...

Using microCT scanning, which allows for high-resolution imaging of an organism’s internal structures, and other imaging techniques, researchers found that a network of veins serve as a mechanical ...

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Cerebrospinal fluid-interstitial fluid (CSF–ISF) exchange is central to brain clearance, yet quantitative measurements in humans have been lacking. We establish an MRI approach that enables ...

Hydrocephalus, commonly referred to as "water on the brain," is a dangerous and potentially deadly condition that can harm the brain. For more than a century, physicians have believed that the buildup ...

That foggy, disconnected feeling after a bad night’s sleep may be your brain doing something unexpected. New research shows that when you’re sleep-deprived, brief lapses in attention are linked to ...

Yawning isn’t just a deep breath indicating tiredness or boredom, but a process that reorganises the flow of fluids out of the brain, according to MRI scans that also suggest we each yawn in a ...

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists discovered that these attention lapses coincide with waves of fluid washing ...

Recent research suggests that the circulation of brain fluid could serve as an early indicator of dementia, even before the onset of memory problems. This discovery underscores the potential of ...

Summary: New research shows that during moments of lost focus after poor sleep, the brain releases a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)—the same cleansing process that normally occurs during deep sleep ...