The aim of this article is to describe the roles of water channel proteins (WCPs) in some
neurological diseases in which the implications of these proteins became obvious in the …

In addition to the priority in the discovery of the first water channel protein in the red blood
cell membrane the group of Gheorghe Benga in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, also has a world …

Discovery of aquaporin water channel proteins has provided insight into the molecular
mechanism of membrane water permeability. In mammalian brain, Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is …

The abundant evidence linking epilepsy with hydroelectrolytical changes in epilepsy
reported in the medical literature for over 9 decades is reviewed. Our work on this topic is …

Aquaporins (AQPs; AQP0–AQP12) are water channels expressed in many and diverse cell
types, participating in various functions of cells, tissues, and systems, including the central …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are water channel molecules that allow the passage of water through
the lipid bilayers of cell membranes. AQP1, AQP4 and AQP9 are expressed in the central …

Six years have elapsed since the publication of the Neuroscience Special Issue entitled
“Brain Water Homeostasis”(Agre et al., 2004). Several of the chapters in the latter Special …

Since the discovery of a specific autoantibody in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum
disorder (NMOSD) in 2004, the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) has attracted attention as …

About 80% of the brain is water. This review discusses the importance of the three brain
water-channel proteins (AQP1, AQP4, AQP9) in brain physiology. AQP1 is expressed in the …

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) caused by autoantibodies (NMO‐IgG) against the water channel aquaporin‐4 …