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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2018

The Glymphatic System in Diabetes-Induced Dementia.

Young-Kook Kim, Kwang Il Nam, Juhyun Song

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Does G-ALPS measure glymphatic function? Revisiting construct validity in diffusion-based glymphatic imaging.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  10. Glial cell alterations in diabetes-induced neurodegeneration.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024
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  15. The consequences of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance.Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Young-Kook KimDepartment of Biochemistry, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea.
Kwang Il NamDepartment of Anatomy, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea.
Juhyun SongDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Creative Biomedical Scientists, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea.
Chonnam National University Hospital · KRChonnam National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glymphatic system has emerged as an important player in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, by regulating the vasculature impairment, effectively controlling the clearance of toxic peptides, modulating activity of astrocytes, and being involved in the circulation of neurotransmitters in the brain. Recently, several studies have indicated decreased activity of the glymphatic pathway under diabetes conditions such as in insulin resistance and hyperglycemia. Furthermore, diabetes leads to the disruption of the blood-brain barrier and decrease of apolipoprotein E (APOE) expression and the secretion of norepinephrine in the brain, involving the impairment of the glymphatic pathway and ultimately resulting in cognitive decline. Considering the increased prevalence of diabetes-induced dementia worldwide, the relationship between the glymphatic pathway and diabetes-induced dementia should be investigated and the mechanisms underlying their relationship should be discussed to promote the development of an effective therapeutic approach in the near future. Here, we have reviewed recent evidence for the relationship between glymphatic pathway dysfunction and diabetes. We highlight that the enhancement of the glymphatic system function during sleep may be beneficial to the attenuation of neuropathology in diabetes-induced dementia. Moreover, we suggest that improving glymphatic system activity may be a potential therapeutic strategy for the prevention of diabetes-induced dementia.

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cognitive declinediabetes-induced dementiaglymphatic systemnorepinephrinesleep

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PMID30429819
PMCPMC6220044
OpenAlexW2899418629

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