Hydrocephalus can be damaging when excessive cerebrospinal fluid widens spaces between ventricles and creates pressure to brain tissue. In humans, hydrocephalus can cause a host of neurological ...

Scientists have found what may be a major cause of congenital hydrocephalus, one of the most common neurological disorders of childhood that produces mental debilitation and sometimes death in ...

Brain surgery is the only treatment for the over 1 million people living with hydrocephalus in the United States. Bethesda, MD, Sept. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What if brain surgery was the only ...

Cortical gyrification, or the stereotypic folding pattern in the forebrain, is implicated in the development of human cognition. During evolution, the mammalian brain went through several transitions ...

Hydrocephalus occurs when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up in the brain’s ventricles, causing swelling and increased pressure that can damage brain tissue. This happens when a blockage prevents CSF ...

Billy Joel Brain Disorder: Billy Joel, 76, the popular recording artiste and old school singer/songwriter who can tell a story with a song, has said he has normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led ...