The third ventricle is a narrow, funnel-shaped structure situated between your right and left thalamus, just above your brain stem. The average adult has about 150 milliliters (mL) of CSF circulating ...

Other mental activities attributed to paleomammalian brain functioning include the formation of emotional attachments and play-based behavior, which itself plays an integral part in the transmission ...

July 8, 2024 — Research found the choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid play a key role in maintaining a pool of newly born neurons to repair the adult brain after ... Safer, Swifter ...

"The maternal brain undergoes a choreographed change across gestation, and we are finally able to see it unfold," Jacobs said. These changes suggest that the adult brain is capable of undergoing ...

Computed tomography showed slit ventricles with tight basal cisterns. Prompt improvement of symptoms was achieved by intramuscular dexamethasone treatment. A follow-up CT scan demonstrated ...

The meticulous approach allowed the researchers to record the dynamic reorganization of the participant’s brain with remarkable clarity. It was a revelation, showcasing the impressive neuroplasticity ...

“The maternal brain undergoes a choreographed change across gestation, and we are finally able to see it unfold,” Jacobs said. These changes suggest that the adult brain is capable of undergoing an ...

Astrocytes in the brain exhibit significant regional diversity, but the mechanisms controlling their heterogeneity remain ...

Anyone who doubts the malleability of the adult brain should consider a startling piece of research conducted at Harvard Medical School. There, a group of adult volunteers, none of whom could ...

Previous work identified OPCs—dividing cells in the adult brain that play a crucial role in the brain's maintenance—as one of the brain cell types that give rise to these tumors. "OPCs are ...

Xu and neurobiologist Joseph Fetcho, who studies autism, recently used a three-photon microscope to image the brain of a live adult zebrafish. 3 Zebrafish are popular in brain-development studies ...

1 Princess of Wales Maternity Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK 2 Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK Ventriculomegaly is an excess of fluid in the ...