Virchow-Robin space and aquaporin-4: New insights on an old friend

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 328-336

  Nakada, Tsutomu ^a,b,c  

^a SCIENCE COUNCIL OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 4; WATER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; THERMOGENESIS; WATER;

EID: 84906850817     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2014.55.328     Document Type: Article

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