How to Use cerebrospinal fluid in a Sentence

cerebrospinal fluid

noun

• After the surgery, the space soon fills with cerebrospinal fluid.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
• Tests showed that the waves increased the flow of clean cerebrospinal fluid into the brain and the flow of dirty fluid out of the brain.
  — Jon Hamilton, NPR, 26 June 2024
• The virus has been detected in cerebrospinal fluid, which is found in the brain and spinal cord.
  — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
• Catch a glimpse of it when unprepared, and your cerebrospinal fluid will boil off.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
• Those proteins circulate in the cerebrospinal fluid more than in the blood.
  — Max G. Levy, Wired, 21 Oct. 2021
• The 40-Hz therapy helps to bring more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the brain.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2024
• The choroid plexus is a network of blood vessels that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
• The dura is a membrane that surrounds cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which cushions the spinal cord.
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 26 May 2024
• The thin brain barrier controls the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in and around the brain to support immune defense.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
• This can include samples of cerebrospinal fluid, urine, and blood as well as the oh-so familiar swabs of your throat and nasal passages.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Also, spinal taps can show whether amyloid and tau proteins are present in cerebrospinal fluid.
  — New York Times, 20 Feb. 2020
• The drug was given by spinal injection into the cerebrospinal fluid, which circulates to the brain.
  — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 18 July 2019
• Until then, the virus had been hard to pin down in the central nervous system, rarely showing up in cerebrospinal fluid—which is the case for polio virus as well.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
• The brain normally reabsorbs cerebrospinal fluid at the same rate it is produced, but Scott’s does not.
  — Priority Health, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2018
• The drug is injected once a month into the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord, similar to how Spinraza is given.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• West Nile can be detected through blood or cerebrospinal fluid tests.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
• Researchers will be able to list animal parts for sale, from cerebrospinal fluid to whole organs.
  — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 11 Mar. 2024
• Their stormy aches can be a sign of serious problems, like bleeding in the brain, a brain infection, or a cerebrospinal fluid leak.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2018
• That would involve sending an active copy of the telomerase gene, TERT, into the cerebrospinal fluid, carried by a virus.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
• The virus is rarely ever detected in AFM patients, even in their cerebrospinal fluid, for instance.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
• There is also typically an increase in cerebrospinal fluid that fills space due to the loss of brain tissue.
  — Jessica Bernard, The Conversation, 24 Sep. 2021
• The genetic makeup of the bacteria found in the infant’s cerebrospinal fluid was a close match to the bacteria found in an open can of powdered formula in the home.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The researchers noticed that the brain and cerebrospinal fluid volumes in the astronauts expanded and increased by 2%.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 Apr. 2020
• Lumbar puncture: This test examines cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which cushions the brain and spinal cord.
  — Yuliya Klochan, Health, 19 June 2024
• The brain is immersed in cerebrospinal fluid; when a surgeon opens the skull, pressure is released, and parts of the brain surge up toward the exit while gravity starts pulling others down.
  — Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
• Next, the scientists set out to check whether the prolonged surge of cytokine levels in the cerebrospinal fluid correlated with any noticeable changes in the brain.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• One way was a spinal tap, whereby doctors could obtain cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid around your brain and spine, and measure levels of tau and amyloid, which change if the disease is present.
  — Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2019
• The test to confirm a parechovirus diagnosis detects the DNA of the virus in cerebrospinal fluid, which requires a lumbar puncture, often known as a spinal tap.
  — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022
• If meningitis is suspected, the healthcare provider will obtain a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) using a lumbar puncture (also known as a spinal tap).
  — Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024