Fluid transport in the brain

MK Rasmussen, H Mestre… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The brain harbors a unique ability to, figuratively speaking, shift its gears. During
wakefulness, the brain is geared fully toward processing information and behaving, while …

[HTML][HTML] The glymphatic system (en) during inflammation

FLH Mogensen, C Delle, M Nedergaard - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The glymphatic system is a fluid-transport system that accesses all regions of the brain. It
facilitates the exchange of cerebrospinal fluid and interstitial fluid and clears waste from the …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive MR imaging of human brain lymphatic networks with connections to cervical lymph nodes

MS Albayram, G Smith, F Tufan, IS Tuna… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Meningeal lymphatic vessels have been described in animal studies, but limited comparable
data is available in human studies. Here we show dural lymphatic structures along the dural …

Conserved meningeal lymphatic drainage circuits in mice and humans

L Jacob, J de Brito Neto, S Lenck, C Corcy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Meningeal lymphatic vessels (MLVs) were identified in the dorsal and caudobasal regions of
the dura mater, where they ensure waste product elimination and immune surveillance of …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging evidence of glymphatic system dysfunction in possible REM sleep behavior disorder and Parkinson's disease

X Si, T Guo, Z Wang, Y Fang, L Gu, L Cao… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Alpha-synucleinopathy is postulated to be central to both idiopathic rapid eye movement
sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). Growing evidence suggests …

Motor and non-motor circuit disturbances in early Parkinson disease: which happens first?

J Blesa, G Foffani, B Dehay, E Bezard… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
For the last two decades, pathogenic concepts in Parkinson disease (PD) have revolved
around the toxicity and spread of α-synuclein. Thus, α-synuclein would follow caudo-rostral …

[HTML][HTML] Diffusion along perivascular spaces as marker for impairment of glymphatic system in Parkinson's disease

T Shen, Y Yue, F Ba, T He, X Tang, X Hu, J Pu… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
The brain glymphatic system is involved in the clearance of misfolding α-synuclein, the
impaired glymphatic system may contribute to the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Age-related alterations in meningeal immunity drive impaired CNS lymphatic drainage

J Rustenhoven, G Pavlou, SE Storck… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
The meningeal lymphatic network enables the drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and
facilitates the removal of central nervous system (CNS) waste. During aging and in …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is associated with glymphatic transport reduction and time-delayed solute drainage along the neck arteries

X Chen, X Liu, S Koundal, R Elkin, X Zhu, B Monte… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common disease in older adults that contributes to
dementia,–. In CAA, amyloid beta (Aβ) is deposited along either capillaries (type 1) or vessel …

Blockade of VEGFR3 signaling leads to functional impairment of dural lymphatic vessels without affecting autoimmune neuroinflammation

Z Li, S Antila, H Nurmi, D Chilov, EA Korhonen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The recent discovery of lymphatic vessels (LVs) in the dura mater, the outermost layer of
meninges around the central nervous system (CNS), has opened a possibility for the …