Pyogenic ventriculitis refers to inflammation of the ventricular ependymal lining accompanied by pus in the ventricular system. It is difficult to fully characterize this condition because the ...

The first critical step in neurologic diagnosis is neuroanatomic localization of the lesion. Of importance in description of the neurologic examination is whether there are signs of elevated ...

Monotherapy for fever and neutropenia in cancer patients: a randomized comparison of ceftazidime versus imipenem. Intralumbar methotrexate is one of the primary therapeutic modalities for the ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (DECEMBER 1, 2020). Researchers from multiple institutions in North America have developed a fully automated, deep-learning (DL), artificial-intelligence clinical tool that can ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are implantable devices inserted by neurosurgeons to treat hydrocephalus. Shunt insertion and revision are the operations most commonly performed by pediatric ...

A 45 year-old man presented with gait difficulty and falling. He had a severe head injury ten years earlier. Communicating Hydrocephalus: (Left) Flair axial MRI; (Middle and Right) T1-weighted coronal ...

Few scientists doubt that backed-up clearance of detritus from the brain correlates with accumulation of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. But which comes first? Data presented at the 9th ...

Hair-like cilia maintain the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain. This circulating fluid is important for nerve cell development and for maintaining brain function.