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] Western diet as a trigger of Alzheimer's disease: From metabolic syndrome and systemic inflammation to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

A Więckowska-Gacek, A Mietelska-Porowska… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
An excess of saturated fatty acids and simple sugars in the diet is a known environmental
risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD) but the holistic view of the interacting processes …

Glymphatic system clears extracellular tau and protects from tau aggregation and neurodegeneration

K Ishida, K Yamada, R Nishiyama… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Accumulation of tau has been implicated in various neurodegenerative diseases termed
tauopathies. Tau is a microtubule-associated protein but is also actively released into the …

A mesothelium divides the subarachnoid space into functional compartments

K Møllgård, FRM Beinlich, P Kusk, LM Miyakoshi… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The central nervous system is lined by meninges, classically known as dura, arachnoid, and
pia mater. We show the existence of a fourth meningeal layer that compartmentalizes the …

[HTML][HTML] The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling

T Bohr, PG Hjorth, SC Holst, S Hrabětová, V Kiviniemi… - IScience, 2022 - cell.com
We review theoretical and numerical models of the glymphatic system, which circulates
cerebrospinal fluid and interstitial fluid around the brain, facilitating solute transport. Models …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation from peripheral organs to the brain: how does systemic inflammation cause neuroinflammation?

Y Sun, Y Koyama, S Shimada - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As inflammation in the brain contributes to several neurological and psychiatric diseases,
the cause of neuroinflammation is being widely studied. The causes of neuroinflammation …

[HTML][HTML] The brain's glymphatic system: current controversies

H Mestre, Y Mori, M Nedergaard - Trends in neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
The glymphatic concept along with the discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels have, in
recent years, highlighted that fluid is directionally transported within the central nervous …

Impaired glymphatic function and clearance of tau in an Alzheimer's disease model

IF Harrison, O Ismail, A Machhada, N Colgan, Y Ohene… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The glymphatic system, that is aquaporin 4 (AQP4) facilitated exchange of CSF with
interstitial fluid (ISF), may provide a clearance pathway for protein species such as amyloid …

The glymphatic system: implications for drugs for central nervous system diseases

TJ Lohela, TO Lilius, M Nedergaard - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, evidence for a fluid clearance pathway in the central nervous system
known as the glymphatic system has grown. According to the glymphatic system concept …

Emerging roles for dynamic aquaporin-4 subcellular relocalization in CNS water homeostasis

MM Salman, P Kitchen, A Halsey, MX Wang… - 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aquaporin channels facilitate bidirectional water flow in all cells and tissues. AQP4 is highly
expressed in astrocytes. In the CNS, it is enriched in astrocyte endfeet, at synapses, and at …