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 …

Machine learning analysis of whole mouse brain vasculature

MI Todorov, JC Paetzold, O Schoppe, G Tetteh, S Shit… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tissue clearing methods enable the imaging of biological specimens without sectioning.
However, reliable and scalable analysis of large imaging datasets in three dimensions …

Fluid flow and mass transport in brain tissue

LA Ray, JJ Heys - Fluids, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite its small size, the brain consumes 25% of the body's energy, generating its own
weight in potentially toxic proteins and biological debris each year. The brain is also the only …

Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues

EA Susaki, C Shimizu, A Kuno, K Tainaka, X Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Whole-organ/body three-dimensional (3D) staining and imaging have been enduring
challenges in histology. By dissecting the complex physicochemical environment of the …

The post‐arteriole transitional zone: A specialized capillary region that regulates blood flow within the CNS microvasculature

A Mughal, MT Nelson… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The brain is an energy hog, consuming available energy supplies at a rate out of all
proportion to its relatively small size. This outsized demand, largely reflecting the unique …

FDISCO: Advanced solvent-based clearing method for imaging whole organs

Y Qi, T Yu, J Xu, P Wan, Y Ma, J Zhu, Y Li, H Gong… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Various optical clearing methods have emerged as powerful tools for deep biological
imaging. Organic solvent–based clearing methods, such as three-dimensional imaging of …

Brain microvasculature has a common topology with local differences in geometry that match metabolic load

X Ji, T Ferreira, B Friedman, R Liu, H Liechty, E Bas… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
The microvasculature underlies the supply networks that support neuronal activity within
heterogeneous brain regions. What are common versus heterogeneous aspects of the …

Regulation of blood-brain barrier integrity by Dmp1-expressing astrocytes through mitochondrial transfer

D Liu, P Liao, H Li, S Tong, B Wang, Y Lu, Y Gao… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) acts as the crucial physical filtration structure in the central
nervous system. Here, we investigate the role of a specific subset of astrocytes in the …

Quantitative analysis of 1300-nm three-photon calcium imaging in the mouse brain

T Wang, C Wu, DG Ouzounov, W Gu, F Xia, M Kim… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
1300 nm three-photon calcium imaging has emerged as a useful technique to allow calcium
imaging in deep brain regions. Application to large-scale neural activity imaging entails a …

Regional glymphatic abnormality in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

D Jiang, L Liu, Y Kong, Z Chen… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Glymphatic function has not yet been explored in behavioral variant
frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). The spatial correlation between regional glymphatic …