The "glymphatic" mechanism for solute clearance in Alzheimer's disease: Game changer or unproven speculation?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 543-551

  Smith, Alex J ^a   Verkman, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Brain edema; Sleep; Water transport; amyloid

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AQUAPORIN 4; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIUM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GLIA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 85041694019     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700999     Document Type: Article

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