The Glymphatic System: A Beginner’s Guide

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2583-2599

  Jessen, Nadia Aalling ^a   Munk, Anne Sofie Finmann ^a   Lundgaard, Iben ^a   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Astrocytes; Cerebrospinal fluid secretion; Neurodegenerative diseases; Perivascular spaces; Sleep; The glymphatic system; Traumatic brain injury; Virchow Robin spaces

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FLUID TRANSPORT; GLYMPHATIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84949316085     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1581-6     Document Type: Article

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