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Abstract
A vascular waste clearance system in the brain analogous to the lymphatic system that facilitates transporting of solutes and waste products from CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) and brain INTERSTITIAL FLUID (ISF). CSF from the SUBARACHNOID SPACE enters the brain periarterial spaces, into the interstitium via channels (e.g., AQUAPORIN 4 PROTEIN) on astrocytic endfeet and exchanges with brain ISF before perivenous drainage of solutes and waste.
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- Glymphatic Clearance System
- Glymphatic Pathway
- Glymphatic Pathways
- Pathway, Glymphatic
- Brain Perivascular Space
- Brain Perivascular Spaces
- Meningeal Lymphatic Vessel
- Meningeal Lymphatic Vessels
- Virchow-Robin Space
- Virchow-Robin Spaces
- Lymphatic Vessel, Meningeal
- Perivascular Space, Brain
- Space, Virchow-Robin
- Virchow Robin Space
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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2019
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- Lymphatic System (2013-2018)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Glymphatic System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077502. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077502
- Glymphatic System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glymphatic_system
- Glymphatic System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15474254