Glymphatic system dysfunction and sleep disturbance may contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of Parkinson's disease

A Massey, MK Boag, A Magnier, DPCF Bispo… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multisystem alpha-synucleinopathic neurodegenerative
disease and the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease with a …

Brain MRI biomarkers in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: Where are we? A systematic review

S Grimaldi, M Guye, M Bianciardi, A Eusebio - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing number of MRI studies focused on prodromal Parkinson's Disease (PD)
demonstrates a strong interest in identifying early biomarkers capable of monitoring …

Altered brain glymphatic flow at diffusion-tensor MRI in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

YJ Bae, JM Kim, BS Choi, N Ryoo, YS Song, Y Nam… - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Brain glymphatic dysfunction may contribute to the development of α-
synucleinopathies. Yet, noninvasive imaging and quantification remain lacking. Purpose To …

Glymphatic dysfunction in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder

DA Lee, HJ Lee, KM Park - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate glymphatic‐system function in patients with isolated
rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) in comparison with healthy controls by …

Noninvasive neuroimaging provides evidence for deterioration of the glymphatic system in Parkinson's disease relative to essential tremor

L Gu, S Dai, T Guo, X Si, D Lv, Z Wang, J Lu… - Parkinsonism & Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Growing evidence has demonstrated dysfunction of the glymphatic system in α-
synucleinopathy and related diseases. In this study, we aimed to use diffusion tensor image …

Reduced coupling of global brain function and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in Parkinson's disease

Z Wang, Z Song, C Zhou, Y Fang, L Gu… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Dysfunction of the glymphatic system, an intracranial clearance pathway that drains
misfolded proteins, has been implicated in the onset of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently …

Relationship of sleep disorder with neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases: an updated review

X **ao, Y Rui, Y **, M Chen - Neurochemical Research, 2024 - Springer
Sleep disorders affect many people worldwide and can accompany neurodegenerative and
psychiatric diseases. Sleep may be altered before the clinical manifestations of some of …

T2 MRI visible perivascular spaces in Parkinson's disease: clinical significance and association with polysomnography measured sleep

L Meinhold, AG Gennari, H Baumann-Vogel, E Werth… - Sleep, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Poor sleep quality might contribute to the risk and progression of neurodegenerative
disorders via deficient cerebral waste clearance functions during sleep. In this retrospective …

Glymphatic MRI techniques in sleep and neurodegenerative diseases

H Lee, SH Choi, Y Anzai - Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The glymphatic system plays a crucial role in clearing metabolic wastes in the brain.
Glymphatic MR imaging using GBCA administration serves as a functional imaging tool to …

Sleep and perivascular spaces in the middle‐aged and elderly population

TS Lysen, P Yilmaz, F Dubost, MA Ikram… - Journal of Sleep …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep has been hypothesised to facilitate waste clearance from the brain. We aimed to
determine whether sleep is associated with perivascular spaces on brain magnetic …