Synchronized neuronal activity drives waste fluid flow

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Hablitz, Lauren; Nedergaard, Maiken
• 署名单位: University of Rochester
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-6864
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00422-z
• 发表日期: 2024-03-07
• 页码: 44-45
• 关键词: cerebrospinal-fluid

摘要

Active neurons can stimulate the clearance of their own metabolic waste by driving changes to ion gradients in the surrounding fluid and by promoting the pulsation of nearby blood vessels. Neurons stimulate the brain's waste disposal system.