Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

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 …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer disease—one peptide, two pathways

SM Greenberg, BJ Bacskai… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The shared role of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and
Alzheimer disease (AD) is arguably the clearest instance of crosstalk between …

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 …

[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 …

Pathophysiology and probable etiology of cerebral small vessel disease in vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Y Inoue, F Shue, G Bu, T Kanekiyo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) is commonly caused by vascular
injuries in cerebral large and small vessels and is a key driver of age-related cognitive …

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 …

Neurofilament proteins as biomarkers to monitor neurological diseases and the efficacy of therapies

A Yuan, RA Nixon - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biomarkers of neurodegeneration and neuronal injury have the potential to improve
diagnostic accuracy, disease monitoring, prognosis, and measure treatment efficacy …

Vasomotion as a driving force for paravascular clearance in the awake mouse brain

SJ van Veluw, SS Hou, M Calvo-Rodriguez… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Paravascular drainage of solutes, including β-amyloid (Aβ), appears to be an important
process in brain health and diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cerebral …

Glymphatic system impairment in multiple sclerosis: relation with brain damage and disability

A Carotenuto, L Cacciaguerra, E Pagani, P Preziosa… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence has shown the existence of a CNS 'waste clearance'system, defined as the
glymphatic system. Glymphatic abnormalities have been described in several …