(Anna Cinaroglu/Moment/Getty Images) Yawning has an unusual and unexpected effect on the flow of fluid protecting the brain, ...

A simple yawn may feel like the most ordinary of human acts—a reflex triggered by tiredness, boredom, or seeing someone ...

While deep breathing moves CSF toward the brain, yawning sometimes pushes it away. Both actions increase blood flow out of ...

A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...

The space between the arachnoid and pia meningeal layers encasing the brain is a landscape of connective tissue, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists debate how that fluid moves within ...

The typical signs and symptoms of idiopathic NPH are shown. In a retrospective study involving 418 patients with shunt-responsive idiopathic NPH, 96% of the patients had gait difficulty, 76% had ...

While yawning and taking deep breaths are similar actions, they have distinct effects on the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ...