Lymphatic Clearance of the Brain: Perivascular, Paravascular and Significance for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 181-194

  Bakker, Erik N T P ^a   Bacskai, Brian J ^b   Arbel Ornath, Michal ^b   Aldea, Roxana ^c   Bedussi, Beatrice ^a   Morris, Alan W J ^d   Weller, Roy O ^d   Carare, Roxana O ^c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cerebrovascular basement membranes; Interstitial fluid; Paravascular; Perivascular

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN INTERSTITIAL FLUID; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MENINX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARAVASCULAR DRAINAGE; PERIVASCULAR DRAINAGE; PERIVASCULAR SPACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIGHT JUNCTION; VASCULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; LYMPH; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LYMPH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84961216596     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-015-0273-8     Document Type: Review

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