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 …

The glymphatic system: implications for drugs for central nervous system diseases

TJ Lohela, TO Lilius, M Nedergaard - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, evidence for a fluid clearance pathway in the central nervous system
known as the glymphatic system has grown. According to the glymphatic system concept …

Rhythms of life: circadian disruption and brain disorders across the lifespan

RW Logan, CA McClung - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
Many processes in the human body—including brain function—are regulated over the 24-
hour cycle, and there are strong associations between disrupted circadian rhythms (for …

Cerebrospinal fluid flow

DH Kelley, JH Thomas - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Circulation of cerebrospinal fluid and interstitial fluid around the central nervous system and
through the brain transports not only those water-like fluids but also any solutes they carry …

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 …

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 …

Artificial intelligence velocimetry reveals in vivo flow rates, pressure gradients, and shear stresses in murine perivascular flows

KAS Boster, S Cai, A Ladrón-de-Guevara, J Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Quantifying the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is crucial for understanding brain waste
clearance and nutrient delivery, as well as edema in pathological conditions such as stroke …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Post-capillary venules are the key locus for transcytosis-mediated brain delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles

K Kucharz, K Kristensen, KB Johnsen, MA Lund… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Effective treatments of neurodegenerative diseases require drugs to be actively transported
across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). However, nanoparticle drug carriers explored for this …