The glymphatic system: a new perspective on brain diseases
The glymphatic system is a brain-wide perivascular pathway driven by aquaporin-4 on the endfeet of astrocytes, which can deliver nutrients and active substances to the brain parenchyma through periarterial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) influx pathway and remove metabolic wastes through perivenous cleara...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1179988/full |