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SUBMITTER: Rainey-Smith SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865132 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rainey-Smith Stephanie R SR Mazzucchelli Gavin N GN Villemagne Victor L VL Brown Belinda M BM Porter Tenielle T Weinborn Michael M Bucks Romola S RS Milicic Lidija L Sohrabi Hamid R HR Taddei Kevin K Ames David D Maruff Paul P Masters Colin L CL Rowe Christopher C CC Salvado Olivier O Martins Ralph N RN Laws Simon M SM
Translational psychiatry 20180226 1
The glymphatic system is postulated to be a mechanism of brain Aβ-amyloid clearance and to be most effective during sleep. Ablation of the astrocytic end-feet expressed water-channel protein, Aquaporin-4, in mice, results in impairment of this clearance mechanism and increased brain Aβ-amyloid deposition, suggesting that Aquaporin-4 plays a pivotal role in glymphatic function. Currently there is a paucity of literature regarding the impact of AQP4 genetic variation on sleep, brain Aβ-amyloid bur ...[more]