It is not only the heart that has chambers - the brain does, too. Its four ventricles are connected to the spinal canal and filled with a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid, which removes ...

WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - Space can be an unfriendly place for the human body, with microgravity conditions and other factors tampering with our physiology, from head to toe - head, of course, ...

Enlarged cerebral ventricles are found in 80% of individuals with schizophrenia, yet the mechanisms that lead to ventricular enlargement are mostly unknown. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research ...

In an article published in Advanced Science , the researchers identify how neural stem cells in preterm infants are injured following cerebral hemorrhage. "We have managed to create a model where we ...

Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central ...

BRAIN swelling continues to be the most difficult problem confronting the neurosurgeon treating the space-taking complications of craniocerebral injury. Despite the advent of hypothermia and potent ...