The Meningeal Lymphatic System: A New Player in Neurophysiology

Neuron

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 375-388

  Da Mesquita, Sandro ^a   Fu, Zhongxiao ^a   Kipnis, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cerebrospinal fluid; cytokines; glia; glymphatic; immune cells; interstitial fluid; lymphatic vessels; meninges; neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBRAL MENINX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; MENINGEAL LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRANSCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; MENINX; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLYMPHATIC SYSTEM; HUMANS; MENINGES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 85054887402     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.022     Document Type: Review

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