Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study finds that changes in cerebrospinal fluid movement could predict dementia long before symptoms begin. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

I have always liked how yawning feels and wondered what it’s for. I just read there is new information about how yawning affects your brain. Do you know anything about that? Also, do we know yet why ...

The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...

Sleep is often described as the body’s recovery period, but for the brain, it is more like a nightly cleaning cycle. During deep rest, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulates through brain tissue, ...

Since antiquity, we’ve pondered the purpose behind the yawn, and developed a plethora of both social and scientific theories. A new study analyzing the CT scans of people yawning discovered that this ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...