Brain Awareness Week: Day Three

Brain Awareness Week: Day Three

  Chiari 1 Malformation and Spinal CSF Leak Sometimes, intracranial hypotension (low volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the skull) due to spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak can be mistakenly attributed to Chiari 1 malformation.   What is Chiari 1 malformation?...
Chiari Malformation Awareness Month

Chiari Malformation Awareness Month

  What is Chiari Malformation? Chiari Type 1 Malformation is a congenital structural defect in the base of the skull and cerebellum. The cerebellum is the part of the brain located behind the top of the brain stem, low at the back of the head. It has two small areas...
LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION final!

LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION final!

Test your spinal CSF leak knowledge! All throughout the week, in partnership with Spinal CSF Leak Canada and the CSF Leak Association, we’ve been sharing FACTS and FICTIONS about spinal CSF leak. Our final entry of the week is: FACT OR FICTION? More research,...
LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION final!

LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION, round two!

Test your spinal CSF leak knowledge! All throughout the week, in partnership with Spinal CSF Leak Canada and the CSF Leak Association, we’ve been sharing FACTS and FICTIONS about spinal CSF leak. Our second entry of the week is: FACT OR FICTION? Spinal CSF leak...
LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION

LeakWeek2022: FACT vs FICTION

Today is the start of #leakweek2022! All throughout the week, in partnership with Spinal CSF Leak Canada and the CSF Leak Association, we’ll be sharing FACTS and FICTIONS about spinal CSF leak. Test your knowledge, and share with family and friends who may not...
Research Update: Chiari 1 vs. SIH

Research Update: Chiari 1 vs. SIH

Foundation-funded study published on differentiation between Chiari malformation type 1 and SIH We are pleased to report that a Foundation-funded research study has just been published in the Journal of Neurosurgery titled “Differentiation of Chiari malformation...