cerebrospinal
adjective
ce·re·bro·spi·nal
sə-ˌrē-brō-ˈspī-nᵊl 
ˌser-ə-brō-
: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles
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Compared to people without depression or migraine, those with both had lower overall volume, decreased gray and white matter, and less cerebrospinal fluid.5
Serotonin: Both conditions feature low levels of serotonin.
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Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Many patients might not have access to memory clinics or specialized tests – such as PET scans that visually detect amyloid-beta plaques or spinal taps to get cerebrospinal spinal fluid samples.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
Some of these include vaccines for measles, Hepatitis A and B, tetanus, and meningococcus [a cerebrospinal infection].
—Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
After all, cilia are typically seen in the context of fluids: propelling bacteria or other organisms through water, or moving mucus or cerebrospinal fluids in a body.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
Her nasal drainage was later analyzed and tested positive for beta-2 transferrin, a marker that’s found almost exclusively in cerebrospinal (aka brain) fluid.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 2 Oct. 2020
People with brain tumors often wake up early with a headache because cerebrospinal fluid pressure is the highest in the early morning, Dr. Kreigler says.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Aug. 2017
A shunt surgery to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid building up around his brain took six attempts, but the seventh succeeded.
—Joel Michael Reynolds, Time, 9 Aug. 2017
But other times, researchers can’t, such as a recent case study of seven survivors with neurological complications who all turned up negative for Ebola RNA in their cerebrospinal fluid.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 July 2017
Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
Many patients might not have access to memory clinics or specialized tests – such as PET scans that visually detect amyloid-beta plaques or spinal taps to get cerebrospinal spinal fluid samples.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
Some of these include vaccines for measles, Hepatitis A and B, tetanus, and meningococcus [a cerebrospinal infection].
—Heather Gann | Hgann@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
After all, cilia are typically seen in the context of fluids: propelling bacteria or other organisms through water, or moving mucus or cerebrospinal fluids in a body.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022
Her nasal drainage was later analyzed and tested positive for beta-2 transferrin, a marker that’s found almost exclusively in cerebrospinal (aka brain) fluid.
—Korin Miller, Health.com, 2 Oct. 2020
People with brain tumors often wake up early with a headache because cerebrospinal fluid pressure is the highest in the early morning, Dr. Kreigler says.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Aug. 2017
A shunt surgery to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid building up around his brain took six attempts, but the seventh succeeded.
—Joel Michael Reynolds, Time, 9 Aug. 2017
But other times, researchers can’t, such as a recent case study of seven survivors with neurological complications who all turned up negative for Ebola RNA in their cerebrospinal fluid.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 July 2017
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cerebrospinal
adjective
ce·re·bro·spi·nal
sə-ˌrē-brō-ˈspīn-ᵊl, ˌser-ə-brō-
: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles
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