Glymphatic System
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.
Year introduced: 2019
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Tree Number(s): A07.521, A08.186.211.150, A15.382.520.075
MeSH Unique ID: D000077502
Entry Terms:
- Glymphatic Clearance System
- Glymphatic Pathway
- Glymphatic Pathways
- Pathway, Glymphatic
- Meningeal Lymphatic Vessels
- Meningeal Lymphatic Vessel
- Lymphatic Vessel, Meningeal
- Brain Perivascular Spaces
- Virchow-Robin Space
- Space, Virchow-Robin
- Virchow Robin Space
- Brain Perivascular Space
- Perivascular Space, Brain
- Virchow-Robin Spaces
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