Brain's Secret Drain Discovered via MRI

MUSC researchers discovered via MRI a new brain drainage pathway along the middle meningeal artery. This findi! Swipe to see →

BRAIN HAS A SECRET DRAIN DISCOVERED B...

Over six hours of continuous magnetic resonance imaging on five healthy volunteers, researchers at the Medical University of South Caroli...

WHAT HAPPENED

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) used cutting-edge magnetic resonance imaging techniques — originally devel...

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND

The human brain is the most metabolically active organ in the body. Representing only 2% of body weight, it consumes 20% of all the body'...

IMPACT ON THE POPULATION

The discovery of a new brain drainage pathway has potentially transformative implications for understanding and treating neurodegenerativ...

WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS SAY

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina described the discovery as "a missing piece in the brain drainage puzzle." The te...

NEXT STEPS

The MUSC study involved only five healthy adults — a sufficient number for an initial discovery, but insufficient to draw definitive conc...

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