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ArticleJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2024

Enlarged perivascular spaces in alcohol-related brain damage induced by dyslipidemia.

Han Liu, Lin Meng, Jiuqi Wang, Chi Qin, Renyi Feng, Yongkang Chen, Pei Chen, Qingyong Zhu, Mingming Ma, Junfang Teng and 1 more

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Article in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  2. Quantification of the neuropathology of alcohol use disorder using tissue microarrays.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026
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  5. Thiamine Deficiency and Neuroinflammation Are Important Contributors to Alcohol Use Disorder.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025
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11 authors.

Han LiuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Lin MengDepartment of Neurology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Jiuqi WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Chi QinDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Renyi FengDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Yongkang ChenDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Pei ChenDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Qingyong ZhuDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Mingming MaDepartment of Neurology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Junfang TengDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.
Xuebing DingDepartment of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perivascular spaces (PVSs) as the anatomical basis of the glymphatic system, are increasingly recognized as potential imaging biomarkers of neurological conditions. However, it is not clear whether enlarged PVSs are associated with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD). We aimed to investigate the effect of long-term alcohol exposure on dyslipidemia and the glymphatic system in ARBD. We found that patients with ARBD exhibited significantly enlargement of PVSs in the frontal cortex and basal ganglia, as well as a notable increased levels of total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG). The anatomical changes of the glymphatic drainage system mentioned above were positively associated with TC and TG. To further explore whether enlarged PVSs affects the function of the glymphatic system in ARBD, we constructed long alcohol exposure and high fat diet mice models. The mouse model of long alcohol exposure exhibited increased levels of TC and TG, enlarged PVSs, the loss of aquaporin-4 polarity caused by reactive astrocytes and impaired glymphatic drainage function which ultimately caused cognitive deficits, in a similar way as high fat diet leading to impairment in glymphatic drainage. Our study highlights the contribution of dyslipidemia due to long-term alcohol abuse in the impairment of the glymphatic drainage system.

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DyslipidemiasGlymphatic SystemAdultAnimalsAquaporin 4CholesterolDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalEthanolFemaleHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMiddle AgedTriglyceridesAquaporin 4CholesterolEthanolTriglyceridesAlcohol-related brain damageastrocytic water channel aquaporin-4dyslipidemiaglymphatic systemperivascular space

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PMID38700501
PMCPMC11494831

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