Insights from brain's waste-flushing system may improve diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham shows that a brain waste- "clean-up" system is influenced by ...
Medical Xpress

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A diabetes medication that lowers brain fluid pressure has cut monthly migraine days by more than half, according to a new study presented today at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress ...
Nature

The pressure puzzle: a new look at how to monitor brain trauma

For decades, a single number has defined how the medical community manages brain injuries: 20 millimetres of mercury (mmHg) 1. If the pressure inside a person’s skull rose above this threshold, alarms ...
EDN

Low-cost, minimally invasive piezoelectric MEMS sensor monitors critical brain pressure

While attending the MEMS & Sensors Executive Congress 2016 (MSEC2016), I met two very bright and capable young men, Nicholas Fritz and Jonathan Garich, from the Blain-Christen Lab at Arizona State ...