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SUBMITTER: Sundaram S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6692229 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sundaram Saranya S Hughes Rachel L RL Peterson Eric E Müller-Oehring Eva M EM Brontë-Stewart Helen M HM Poston Kathleen L KL Faerman Afik A Bhowmick Chloe C Schulte Tilman T
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews 20190524
Recent evidence has advanced our understanding of the function of sleep to include removal of neurotoxic protein aggregates via the glymphatic system. However, most research on the glymphatic system utilizes animal models, and the function of waste clearance processes in humans remains unclear. Understanding glymphatic function offers new insight into the development of neurodegenerative diseases that result from toxic protein inclusions, particularly those characterized by neuropathological sle ...[more]