Contrast-enhanced MRI T1 mapping for quantitative evaluation of putative dynamic glymphatic activity in the human brain in sleep-wake states

S Lee, RE Yoo, SH Choi, SH Oh, S Ji, J Lee, KY Huh… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Evaluation of the glymphatic system with intrathecal contrast material injection
has limited clinical use. Purpose To investigate the feasibility of using serial intravenous …

Sensitivity analysis on a network model of glymphatic flow

KAS Boster, J Tithof, DD Cook… - Journal of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Intracranial cerebrospinal and interstitial fluid (ISF) flow and solute transport have important
clinical implications, but limited in vivo access to the brain interior leaves gaping holes in …

[HTML][HTML] Apparent diffusion coefficient estimates based on 24 hours tracer movement support glymphatic transport in human cerebral cortex

LM Valnes, SK Mitusch, G Ringstad, PK Eide… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The recently proposed glymphatic system suggests that bulk flow is important for clearing
waste from the brain, and as such may underlie the development of eg Alzheimer's disease …

The meningeal lymphatic vessels and the glymphatic system: Potential therapeutic targets in neurological disorders

G Li, Y Cao, X Tang, J Huang, L Cai… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The recent discovery of the meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs) and glymphatic pathways
has challenged the long-lasting dogma that the central nervous system (CNS) lacks a …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-wide pathway for waste clearance captured by contrast-enhanced MRI

JJ Iliff, H Lee, M Yu, T Feng, J Logan… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The glymphatic system is a recently defined brain-wide paravascular pathway for
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and interstitial fluid (ISF) exchange that facilitates efficient …

Imaging the perivascular space as a potential biomarker of neurovascular and neurodegenerative diseases

J Ramirez, C Berezuk, AA McNeely, F Gao… - Cellular and molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Although the brain lacks conventional lymphatic vessels found in peripheral tissue, evidence
suggests that the space surrounding the vasculature serves a similar role in the clearance of …

Evidence for bulk flow of brain interstitial fluid: significance for physiology and pathology

NJ Abbott - Neurochemistry international, 2004 - Elsevier
This review surveys evidence for the flow of brain interstitial fluid (ISF) via preferential
pathways through the brain, and its relation to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Studies over> 100 …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo imaging of lymphatic drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in mouse

E Mathieu, N Gupta, RL Macdonald, J Ai… - Fluids and Barriers of the …, 2013 - Springer
Background Mouse models are commonly used to study central nervous system disorders,
in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage may be disturbed. However, mouse CSF …

Light sheet fluorescence microscopy of optically cleared brains for studying the glymphatic system

NB Bèchet, TM Kylkilahti, B Mattsson… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Fluid transport in the perivascular space by the glia-lymphatic (glymphatic) system is
important for the removal of solutes from the brain parenchyma, including peptides such as …

Astrocyte endfeet may theoretically act as valves to convert pressure oscillations to glymphatic flow

PAR Bork, A Ladrón-de-Guevara… - Journal of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The glymphatic system of cerebrospinal fluid transport through the perivascular spaces of
the brain has been implicated in metabolic waste clearance, neurodegenerative diseases …