Definition of cerebrospinal
: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles
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People with brain tumors often wake up early with a headache because cerebrospinal fluid pressure is the highest in the early morning, Dr. Kreigler says.
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A shunt surgery to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid building up around his brain took six attempts, but the seventh succeeded.
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But other times, researchers can’t, such as a recent case study of seven survivors with neurological complications who all turned up negative for Ebola RNA in their cerebrospinal fluid.
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Another option, said Metz, is a drain inserted through the skin that diverts the cerebrospinal fluid, decreasing the pressure inside the dura.
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And in a small human study, other scientists have found that deep breathing significantly increases the glymphatic transport of cerebrospinal fluid into the brain.
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The glymphatic vessels carry cerebrospinal fluid and immune cells into the brain and remove cellular trash from it.
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Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks occur when there’s a loss of bone in the shelf of bone between the brain and the ear and a hole develops in the membrane bag that surrounds the brain, called the dura.
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Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leaks occur when bone is lost in the shelf of bone between the brain and the ear, and a hole develops in the membrane bag that surrounds the brain, called the dura.
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First Known Use of cerebrospinal
1826
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of cerebrospinal
: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles
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