A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate ...

Summary: A new study has identified a biomarker, DTI-ALPS, which connects glymphatic system dysfunction to vascular dementia.

Nedergaard and other colleagues discovered the glymphatic system—responsible for waste-removal in the brain—in 2012. The glymphatic system moves a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid ...

While we’re asleep at night, our brain is busy doing maintenance. The glymphatic system–the brain’s waste disposal mechanism–flushes away excess cerebrospinal fluid containing harmful ...