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Forget PET and CSF. Start Immunotherapy on a Blood Test?

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease are now so accurate that a positive result, on its own, is reason enough for people who are suspected of having AD to start immunotherapy. So proffered Suzanne ...
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With Age, Macrophages Chew up the Blood-CSF Barrier

Protective borders between the brain and the blood weaken with age. This includes the barrier formed by tightly linked epithelial cells in the choroid plexus, which generates cerebrospinal fluid. In ...
Medscape

Alzheimer’s Disease Leaves Signature in Blood and CSF

OTTAWA, Ontario — Looking for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarkers in plasma instead of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a simpler form of screening individuals for AD pathology and could result in earlier ...
The Conversation

Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working

Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day. Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...
Science Daily

Brain drain: Nasopharyngeal lymphatics found to be crucial for cerebrospinal fluid outflow

Researchers have uncovered a distinctive network of lymphatic vessels at the back of the nose that plays a critical role in draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the brain. The study, sheds light on ...
Medical Xpress

Alzheimer's blood test found to perform as well as FDA-approved spinal fluid tests

A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease soon may replace more invasive and expensive screening methods such as spinal taps and brain scans. A study by researchers at Washington University ...