The researchers christened the network the "glymphatic" system, a nod to both glial cells and its functional similarity to the lymphatic system. U.R. neuroscientist and lead author Jeff Iliff ...

Professor Lee's team focused on the glial-lymphatic (glymphatic) system, a fluid transport pathway that plays a vital role in clearing waste from the brain. The system's efficiency is a critical ...

Glial cells get relatively little coverage ... The glymphatic system connects with the lymphatic system of the rest of the body at the dura, a thick membrane of connective tissue that covers ...

Aß proteins exit the brain via the glial-lymphatic (glymphatic) system—the vascular network that helps clear waste materials during sleep from the central nervous system. "This observation ...

This insulating sheath is formed by the second type of cell in the nervous system -- the glial cells, which are one of the main components of the brain. If, as a result of disease, myelin is ...

Iliff’s team has named the new network the glymphatic system, in recognition of the importance of glial cells and the resemblance to the lymphatic system. The researchers found that the ...

Neuroscientists have increasingly discovered that glia play physiological roles in the brain and nervous system that once seemed reserved for neurons. A similar glial reckoning is now happening in ...

Focusing on Vegfc, a key factor necessary for lymphatic system development, researchers identified a specific glial subpopulation—slc6a11b+ RAs—that expresses Vegfc. These cells extend fibers ...