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 …

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 …

Small vessel disease: mechanisms and clinical implications

JM Wardlaw, C Smith, M Dichgans - The Lancet Neurology, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Small vessel disease is a disorder of cerebral microvessels that causes white matter
hyperintensities and several other common abnormalities (eg, recent small subcortical …

Perivascular spaces in the brain: anatomy, physiology and pathology

JM Wardlaw, H Benveniste, M Nedergaard… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Perivascular spaces include a variety of passageways around arterioles, capillaries and
venules in the brain, along which a range of substances can move. Although perivascular …

Pathophysiology of blood brain barrier dysfunction during chronic cerebral hypoperfusion in vascular cognitive impairment

V Rajeev, DY Fann, QN Dinh, HA Kim… - …, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of cerebrovascular disease increases with age, placing the elderly at a
greater lifetime risk for dementia. Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) encompasses a …

Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: JACC Scientific Expert Panel

C Iadecola, M Duering, V Hachinski, A Joutel… - Journal of the American …, 2019‏ - jacc.org
Cognitive impairment associated with aging has emerged as one of the major public health
challenges of our time. Although Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of clinically …

Cognitive impact of COVID-19: looking beyond the short term

S Miners, PG Kehoe, S Love - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2020‏ - Springer
COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease but up to two thirds of hospitalised patients show
evidence of central nervous system (CNS) damage, predominantly ischaemic, in some …

Neurovascular and cognitive dysfunction in hypertension: epidemiology, pathobiology, and treatment

C Iadecola, RF Gottesman - Circulation research, 2019‏ - ahajournals.org
Hypertension has emerged as a leading cause of age-related cognitive impairment. Long
known to be associated with dementia caused by vascular factors, hypertension has more …

Age-related immune alterations and cerebrovascular inflammation

CE Finger, I Moreno-Gonzalez, A Gutierrez… - Molecular …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Aging is associated with chronic systemic inflammation, which contributes to the
development of many age-related diseases, including vascular disease. The world's …

New insights into cerebrovascular pathophysiology and hypertension

AJS Webb, DJ Werring - Stroke, 2022‏ - ahajournals.org
Despite advances in acute management and prevention of cerebrovascular disease, stroke
and vascular cognitive impairment together remain the world's leading cause of death and …