Hydrocephalus is an excess of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain’s ventricles. Surgery is the first-line and most effective treatment. The two primary surgeries are the Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) ...

Cognitive decline, gait disturbance, and urinary incontinence are common in older adults, but atypical findings such as rapid decline, weakness, leptomeningeal disease, and abnormal cerebrospinal ...

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 ...

Oct. 21, 2002 — Low-flow cerebroventricular shunting may be worth investigating further in Alzheimer's disease, according to the authors of a pilot study reported in the Oct. 22 issue of Neurology.

"The canonical triad of symptoms in normal-pressure hydrocephalus is subacute gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and ...

Irregular fluid flow through the spinal column brought on by gene mutations is linked to a type of scoliosis that can affect humans during adolescence, a new study in zebrafish suggests. Also found in ...