Aquaporin 4 deletion exacerbates brain impairments in a mouse model of chronic sleep disruption.
Rui ZhangYun LiuYan ChenQian LiCharles MarshallTing WuGang HuMing XiaoPublished in: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics (2019)
These results demonstrate that AQP4-mediated glymphatic clearance ameliorates brain impairments caused by abnormal accumulation of metabolic wastes following chronic SD, thus serving as a potential target for sleep-related disorders.