What Is Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus? Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a condition that happens when you have too much of a certain kind of fluid in parts of your brain. Hydrocephalus ...

What is normal pressure hydrocephalus? The brain has chambers called ventricles (cavities) that normally contain fluid. This fluid is called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). It cushions the brain and spinal ...

Rarely, hydrocephalus occurs from excess CSF production. One presentation of communicating hydrocephalus is that of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), wherein the opening pressure is within normal ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) happens when too much fluid builds up in a person’s brain without increasing pressure in their brain tissue. People who have NPH are usually aged over 60. Unlike ...

In collaboration with Mayo Clinic's Department of Neurosurgery, the Memory Disorders Laboratory established a database of over 400 people with normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Research based on this ...

The syndrome of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is characterized by ventriculomegaly in the absence of raised intracranial pressure and presents as the clinical triad of gait ...

Forty six Dutch neurologists and neurosurgeons were interviewed to evaluate the clinical value of research articles on normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). From this survey it appears that most ...

Billy Joel reveals his rare brain disease diagnosis, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, forcing tour cancellations and sparking concern among fans.

The following is a summary of "Long-term outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt therapy in idiopathic normal pressure ...

An 87-year-old woman had both Lewy body dementia and normal pressure hydrocephalus simultaneously. One should not automatically exclude the possibility of normal pressure hydrocephalus simply because ...

A man in his 70s developed progressive normal tension glaucoma following treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus. This treatment included cerebrospinal fluid drainage and ventriculo-peritoneal ...