Abstract
The existence of lymphatic vessels or similar clearance systems in the central nervous system (CNS) that transport nutrients and remove cellular waste is a neuroscientific question of great significance. As the brain is the most metabolically active organ in the body, there is likely to be a potential correlation between its clearance system and the pathological state of the CNS. Until recently the successive discoveries of the glymphatic system and the meningeal lymphatics solved this puzzle. This article reviews the basic anatomy and physiology of the glymphatic system. Imaging techniques to visualize the function of the glymphatic system mainly including post-contrast imaging techniques, indirect lymphatic assessment by detecting increased perivascular space, and diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) are discussed. The pathological link between glymphatic system dysfunction and neurological disorders is the key point, focusing on the enlarged perivascular space (EPVS) and the index of diffusivity along the perivascular space (ALPS index), which may represent the activity of the glymphatic system as possible clinical neuroimaging biomarkers of neurological disorders.
Graphical Abstract
The pathological link between glymphatic system dysfunction and neurological disorders is the key point, focusing on the enlarged perivascular space (EPVS) and the index for of diffusivity along the perivascular space (ALPS index), which may represent the activity of the glymphatic system as possible clinical neuroimaging biomarkers of neurological disorders
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Zhang, J., Liu, S., Wu, Y. et al. Enlarged Perivascular Space and Index for Diffusivity Along the Perivascular Space as Emerging Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Neurological Diseases. Cell Mol Neurobiol 44, 14 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-023-01440-7
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