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The Mysterious Flow of Fluid in the Brain
A popular hypothesis for how the brain clears molecular waste, which may help explain why sleep feels refreshing, is a ...
Poor blood flow in the brain linked to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
In what is believed to be a world-first study, researchers from the University of Adelaide's Australian Dysautonomia and ...
Woman, 31, wakes up every day 'asking if she's going to die' as brain could rupture at any moment
The 31-year-old based in South Lanarkshire woke up one morning to find that her face was 'all twisted'. She was subsequently ...
Experimental treatment borrowed from blood cancer shows promise for pediatric brain tumors
In an early-stage clinical trial, the therapy nearly doubled the expected survival time of young patients. Still, experts ...
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The Gut-Brain Connection: How it Works and The Role of Nutrition
Another SCFA, butyrate, and the microbes that produce it are also important for forming the barrier between the brain and the blood, which is called the blood-brain barrier. Gut microbes also ...
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Do Specialized Glycoproteins Prop Up Blood-Brain Barrier?
The blood-brain barrier weakens during normal aging and in neurodegenerative disease, but the reasons are not fully understood. In the February 26 Nature, scientists led by Tony Wyss-Coray and Carolyn ...