Babies with congenital hydrocephalus often experience developmental disabilities due to brain injury associated with prolonged increased pressure on the developing brain parenchyma. Umbilical cord ...

Hydrocephalus is classically seen as a plumbing problem, the result of too much cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain or dysregulation of fluid flow. It is usually treated with shunts to drain the ...

Congenital hydrocephalus is a developmental disorder marked by an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain’s ventricles. This condition, which affects approximately one in every ...

Hydrocephalus may be a complication of congenital Zika syndrome, and the presenting signs and symptoms are challenging to recognize, a Brazilian group reports. Monitoring for hydrocephalus, including ...

Genetic studies of children with hydrocephalus ('water on the brain') combined with mouse models indicate that in certain genetic subtypes, the condition arises due to abnormal neurodevelopment that ...

A recent Yale study has identified new genes associated with congenital hydrocephalus, a neurological disease. The paper, which was published on Oct. 19, is based on the exome sequencing — the ...

DENVER (CBS4) - A Denver family is sharing their story to raise awareness about hydrocephalus. It's a condition that affects 1 out of 1,000 babies. "When she was 6 weeks old, actually, and it was just ...

Hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain," occurs when the cerebral ventricles - four interconnected cavities of the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid - become enlarged, but its cause is ...

Why do some children have abnormally large heads? This most probably is a result of hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus is a word derived from Greek – ‘hydro’ meaning water and ‘cephalous’ referring to the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Rhesus monkey fetuses were inoculated intracerebrally with wild-type mumps virus near the beginning of the last third of the gestation period.

Hydrocephalus is an incurable brain condition that affects one in ever 500 newborns, and over a million Americans Hydrocephalus is a condition in which the primary characteristic is excessive ...