Astrocyte endfeet in brain function and pathology: open questions

B Díaz-Castro, S Robel, A Mishra - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Astrocyte endfeet enwrap the entire vascular tree within the central nervous system, where
they perform important functions in regulating the blood-brain barrier (BBB), cerebral blood …

Neuron–glia interactions in the pathophysiology of epilepsy

DC Patel, BP Tewari, L Chaunsali… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder afflicting~ 65 million people worldwide. It is caused by
aberrant synchronized firing of populations of neurons primarily due to imbalance between …

Multisensory gamma stimulation promotes glymphatic clearance of amyloid

MH Murdock, CY Yang, N Sun, PC Pao… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The glymphatic movement of fluid through the brain removes metabolic waste,,–.
Noninvasive 40 Hz stimulation promotes 40 Hz neural activity in multiple brain regions and …

Loss of perivascular aquaporin-4 localization impairs glymphatic exchange and promotes amyloid β plaque formation in mice

M Simon, MX Wang, O Ismail, M Braun… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Slowed clearance of amyloid β (Aβ) is believed to underlie the development of
Aβ plaques that characterize Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aβ is cleared in part by the …

Aquaporin-4-dependent glymphatic solute transport in the rodent brain

H Mestre, LM Hablitz, ALR Xavier, W Feng, W Zou… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
The glymphatic system is a brain-wide clearance pathway; its impairment contributes to the
accumulation of amyloid-β. Influx of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) depends upon the expression …

Astrocyte activation in neurovascular damage and repair following ischaemic stroke

A Patabendige, A Singh, S Jenkins, J Sen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transient or permanent loss of tissue perfusion due to ischaemic stroke can lead to damage
to the neurovasculature, and disrupt brain homeostasis, causing long-term motor and …

Molecular mechanisms of brain water transport

N MacAulay - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Our brains consist of 80% water, which is continuously shifted between different
compartments and cell types during physiological and pathophysiological processes …

Astrocyte-immune cell interactions in physiology and pathology

RT Han, RD Kim, AV Molofsky, SA Liddelow - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Astrocytes play both physiological and pathological roles in maintaining central nervous
system (CNS) function. Here, we review the varied functions of astrocytes and how these …

Gliovascular transcriptional perturbations in Alzheimer's disease reveal molecular mechanisms of blood brain barrier dysfunction

Ö İş, X Wang, JS Reddy, Y Min, E Yilmaz… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
To uncover molecular changes underlying blood-brain-barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's
disease, we performed single nucleus RNA sequencing in 24 Alzheimer's disease and …

A new look at cerebrospinal fluid circulation

T Brinker, E Stopa, J Morrison, P Klinge - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2014 - Springer
According to the traditional understanding of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) physiology, the
majority of CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, circulates through the ventricles, the …