A Closer Look at the Perivascular Unit in the Development of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

A Closer Look at the Perivascular Unit in the Development of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

The recently described perivascular unit (PVU) resides immediately adjacent to the true capillary neurovascular unit (NVU) in the postcapillary venule and contains the normal-benign perivascular spaces (PVS) and pathological enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS). The PVS are important in that they hav...

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Main Author: Melvin R. Hayden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
enlarged perivascular spaces
glymphatic system
metabolic syndrome
obesity
neurovascular unit
perivascular unit
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/1/96

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https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/1/96

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