Cardiac and respiratory activities induce temporal changes in cerebral blood volume, balanced by a mirror CSF volume displacement in the spinal canal by Pan Liu, Kimi Owashi, Heimiri Monnier, Serge Metanbou, Cyrille Capel, Olivier Balédent

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A study on Bacterial Infections Associated with Central Nervous System in Pakistani Population by Muneeba Afzal, Hamza Altaf, Tayyaba Faiz, Samra Mannan

Subjects: “…Meningitis, Subdural Empyema, Brain abscesses, Cerebrospinal fluid, Extra-ventricular drain, Haemophilus meningitis, Neisseria meningitis, and Pneumococcal meningitis.…”
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Mapping Surface Potential in DNA Aptamer–Neurochemical and Membrane–Ion Interactions on the SOS Substrate Using Terahertz Microscopy by Kosei Morita, Yuta Mitsuda, Sota Yoshida, Toshihiko Kiwa, Jin Wang

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Systematic review of amyloid-beta clearance proteins from the brain to the periphery: implications for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and therapeutic targets by Letian Huang, Mingyue Liu, Ze Li, Bing Li, Jiahe Wang, Ke Zhang

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Evolution of Functional and Paraclinical Markers as Predictive Factors in Pediatric Late-Onset SMA Under Nusinersen Treatment: The Role of CSF pNF-H by Mihaela Badina, Gabriel Cristian Bejan, Corina Sporea, Andrada Mirea

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Neuroborreliosis mimicking demyelinating disease of the central nervous system: case reports by N. Giedraitienė, A. Lisinskaitė, A. Klimašauskienė

“…In both cases, positive serology for Borrelia burgdorferi was an indicator of past infection. However, the cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed proteinorrhachia and lymphocytic pleocytosis and the presence of specific IgM and IgG antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid confirmed the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. …”
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Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy: Two Compared Case Reports by Enrico Giustiniano, Silvia Eleonora Malossini, Francesco Pellegrino, Franco Cancellieri

“…During the procedure we monitored cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration. One patient experienced postoperative paraplegia and his cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration was much higher than that in the other case, whose postoperative outcome was uneventful. …”
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Clinical analysis and case series report on autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy presenting with autonomic dysfunction by Xiao Ke Wu, Guojie Zhai, Jin Ru Zhang, Hua Ping Du, Lan Hu, Shu Ye Yu, Hai Lun Hang, Sirui Han, Yanlin Zhang, Yuan Xu

“…Blood pressure variability is related to cerebrospinal fluid pressure and convulsive seizures. Heart rate variability is related to disorders of consciousness. unusual sweating was associated to age, gender, cerebrospinal fluid protein content and convulsive seizures. …”
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Striatal Injury with 6-OHDA Transiently Increases Cerebrospinal GFAP and S100B by Cristiane Batassini, Núbia Broetto, Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Milene Borsoi, Caroline Zanotto, Fabiana Galland, Tadeu Mello Souza, Marina Concli Leite, Carlos-Alberto Gonçalves

“…This initial change in cerebrospinal fluid S100B was apparently related to the mechanical lesion. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinases in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. by Rebeca A. Fernández Carriera, Lourdes Fernández Queija, Rosa F. Lara Rodríguez, José Cabrera Gómez, Idalmis Suárez Luis, Mabel María León Ortiz, Sergio González García, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo

“…The metalloproteinase 2 and 9 activities in the cerebrospinal fluid were determined by zimográfica technique through polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. …”
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A Reappraisal of the Necessity of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt After Decompressive Craniectomy in Traumatic Brain Injury by Seunghan Yu, Hyuk Jin Choi, Jung Hwan Lee, Mahnjeong Ha, Byung Chul Kim

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate the hypothesis that not every patient with hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy needs cerebrospinal fluid diversion, and that cranioplasty should be performed before considering cerebrospinal fluid diversion. …”
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Antithrombin III deficiency and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a case report by Mansoureh Togha, Yousef Mokary, Elham Jafari

“…Abstract Background Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition where the pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain increases without a known cause. …”
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CARP VIII antibody-related autoimmune cerebellar ataxia in a child after Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: a case report by Minglei Li, Zongming Han, Jinlei Li, Qianyun Wang, Zufang Lv

“…The cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the early stage of the disease (within three months) does not show significant atrophy of the cerebellum and brainstem; 3. presence of either of the following: 1) positive anti-cerebellar antibodies in serum and/or cerebrospinal fluid cell-based assay (CBA), 2) at least two of the following are present: ① the patient or first-degree relative has a history of autoimmune disease, ② cerebrospinal fluid leukocytes >5×106/L, or positive for cerebrospinal fluid specific oligoclonal bands, ③ tissue-based assay (TBA) revealing the characteristic fluorescent form of Purkinje cell antibody, and ④ the presence of systemic autoimmune disease-related antibodies; and 4. the absence of other diseases. …”
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Coinfection with Rickettsia helvetica and Herpes Simplex Virus 2 in a Young Woman with Meningoencephalitis by Kenneth Nilsson, Katarina Wallménius, Carl Påhlson

“…Herpes virus type 2 DNA was detected by PCR in the cerebrospinal fluid in a young woman presenting with headache, stiff neck and pleocytosis, and serological findings consistent with reactivation. …”
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Pink1/Parkin signaling mediates pineal mitochondrial autophagy dysfunction and its biological role in a comorbid rat model of depression and insomnia by Zirong Li, Yi Shu, Deguo Liu, Sheng Xie, Liangbo Xian, Jiaqi Luo, Xiuwen Huang, Haixing Jiang

“…The results showed that the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cerebrospinal fluid of CUMS+SD rats significantly increased along with the inflammatory factors Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) in cerebrospinal fluid. …”
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Combination of metagenomic next-generation sequencing and morphology for identifying Coccidioides immitis: a case report by Hong Liu, Kaixin Zhou, Chaoran Zhong, Ming Guan

“…In this article, we report a case of Coccidioides immitis-induced meningitis in a 27-year-old man who was experiencing recurrent fever and headache. His cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biochemical markers indicated an infection in the central nervous system. …”
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Juvenile Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in Which Good Visual Prognosis Was Derived from Swift and Definitive Diagnosis by Atsushi Yoshida, Satoko Tominaga, Hidetoshi Kawashima

“…Ocular computed tomography (OCT) showed subretinal fluid and choroidal hypertrophy underneath macula in both eyes. Cerebrospinal fluid examination indicated aseptic meningitis. …”
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Cervical pedicle screw fixation with the Tianji orthopedic surgical robot by Hao Shen, Jinlong Zhou, Lipeng Yu

“…There were 2 cases of cerebrospinal fluid leakage and 1 case of decreased left handgrip strength in the traditional fluoroscopy group, while only 1 case of cerebrospinal fluid leakage occurred in the orthopedic surgical robot group. …”
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Comparison of positive BioFire FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panels, CSF cultures, CSF parameters, clinical presentation and in-patient mortality among patients with bacte... by Thein Myint, Jaime Soria, Yuanzheng Gao, Marice Ruiz Conejo Castillo, Vaneet Arora, Julie A. Ribes

“…It also emphasizes the importance of correlating MEP results with clinical assessments and other diagnostic tests to assure accuracy.IMPORTANCEThis study compares the performance of the meningitis/encephalitis panel (MEP) in detecting bacterial and fungal pathogens with cerebrospinal fluid cultures and other parameters. Almost half of bacterial analytes of MEP had positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or blood cultures; the remaining 42% of bacterial analytes were correlated with clinical presentation and other CSF parameters. 27.4% (29 out of 106) cases would not have had a pathogen definitively identified if the MEP had not been used. …”
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Laboratory biomarkers for multiple sclerosis and their role in clinical practice by I. Navickaitë, G. Žemgulytė, R. Balnytė

“…The concentration of chitinase-3-like protein in the cerebrospinal fluid is currently the only biomarker that can help distinguish MS from a clinically isolated syndrome. …”
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