The blood-brain barrier prevents xenobiotics from entering the central nervous system. Growing evidence indicates that neurotoxins, such as tributyltin, manganese and nanoparticles, may disrupt the ...

Twenty-four of 25 patients with bacterial meningitis and nine of 11 with CNS viral infection had increased LDH activity in the CSF. The mean levels were 112.8 units per milliliter in bacterial, 193 ...

A collaborative research team has developed the world's first AI-based optical diagnostic platform that enables rapid and accurate differentiation—within minutes—between ordinary nasal secretion and ...

Your meninges play an important function in your body as part of the brain and spinal cord. What are the meninges? Read on to learn what they do, signs of meninges-related conditions, and more. There ...