Waste clearance shapes aging brain health.

Autor: Jiang-Xie LF; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA., Drieu A; Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, 75014 Paris, France., Kipnis J; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: kipnis@wustl.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neuron [Neuron] 2024 Oct 08. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.09.017
Abstrakt: Brain health is intimately connected to fluid flow dynamics that cleanse the brain of potentially harmful waste material. This system is regulated by vascular dynamics, the maintenance of perivascular spaces, neural activity during sleep, and lymphatic drainage in the meningeal layers. However, aging can impinge on each of these layers of regulation, leading to impaired brain cleansing and the emergence of various age-associated neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Understanding the intricacies of fluid flow regulation in the brain and how this becomes altered with age could reveal new targets and therapeutic strategies to tackle age-associated neurological decline.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors have patents and provisional patent applications related to the work discussed in this review.
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Databáze: MEDLINE