Aquaporin-4 functionality and virchow-robin space water dynamics: Physiological model for neurovascular coupling and glymphatic flow

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Nakada, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kwee, Ingrid L ^a,b   Igarashi, Hironaka ^a   Suzuki, Yuji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia limitans externa; Hagen Poiseuille equation; Interstitial flow; RCBF; Starling resister

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; WATER;

ANIMAL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; WATER;

EID: 85028036680     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18081798     Document Type: Review

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