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  1. Delayed clearance of cerebrospinal fluid tracer from entorhinal cortex in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A glymphatic magnetic resonance imaging study 2018-02-27
  2. Evaluating glymphatic pathway function utilizing clinically relevant intrathecal infusion of CSF tracer 2013-05-01

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2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2013 to 2018

Top journals

  • Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 1
  • Journal of translational medicine 1

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  1. Delayed clearance of cerebrospinal fluid tracer from entorhinal cortex in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: A glymphatic magnetic resonance imaging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2018-02-27 Tau biomarkers

    The glymphatic system plays a key role for clearance of waste solutes from the rodent brain.

  2. Evaluating glymphatic pathway function utilizing clinically relevant intrathecal infusion of CSF tracer

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Journal of translational medicine 2013-05-01 Tau biomarkers

    Lumbar intrathecal contrast delivery is a clinically useful approach that could be used in conjunction with dynamic contrast enhanced MRI nuclear imaging to assess glymphatic pathway function in humans.

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