Large water fluxes continuously take place between the different compartments of the brain
as well as between the brain parenchyma and the blood or cerebrospinal fluid. This water …

Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of membrane proteins involved in the transport of water and
ions across cell membranes. AQPs have been shown to be implicated in various …

Expression of aquaporins (AQP) and water permeability were studied in Xenopus laevis
oocytes and immobilized glial cells by a pulsed-field gradient spin echo NMR technique and …

Membrane water transport is critically involved in brain volume homeostasis and in the
pathogenesis of brain edema. The cDNA encoding aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channel …

Water is an abundant and important component of the human brain, the homeostasis of
which is rigorously controlled. Aquaporins (AQPs) play a key role in mediating most water …

Background The presence of water channel proteins, aquaporins (AQPs), in the brain led to
intense research in understanding the underlying roles of each of them under normal …

The aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of water channel proteins with at least 13 mammalian
members (AQPs 0–12) expressed in diverse fluid transporting tissues. AQP1, AQP4, and …

ABSTRACT Aquaporin‐4 (AQP4) is the major water channel of the neuromuscular system,
but its physiological function in both perivascular astrocytes and skeletal muscle …

Water transport in cells and tissues is essential for life. When water molecules move into or
out of the cell or from one subcellular compartment to another they have to cross the cell …

Brain water transport is poorly understood at the molecular level, and marked changes occur
during brain development. As the aquaporin‐4 (AQP4) water channel protein is abundant in …