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      Special Section Guest Editorial: Imaging Neuroimmune, Neuroglial, and Neurovascular Interfaces

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          The guest editorial provides an introduction to Parts 1 and 2 of the Neurophotonics Special Section on Imaging Neuroimmune, Neuroglial, and Neurovascular Interfaces.

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          Because it lacks a lymphatic circulation, the brain must clear extracellular proteins by an alternative mechanism. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) functions as a sink for brain extracellular solutes, but it is not clear how solutes from the brain interstitium move from the parenchyma to the CSF. We demonstrate that a substantial portion of subarachnoid CSF cycles through the brain interstitial space. On the basis of in vivo two-photon imaging of small fluorescent tracers, we showed that CSF enters the parenchyma along paravascular spaces that surround penetrating arteries and that brain interstitial fluid is cleared along paravenous drainage pathways. Animals lacking the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) in astrocytes exhibit slowed CSF influx through this system and a ~70% reduction in interstitial solute clearance, suggesting that the bulk fluid flow between these anatomical influx and efflux routes is supported by astrocytic water transport. Fluorescent-tagged amyloid β, a peptide thought to be pathogenic in Alzheimer's disease, was transported along this route, and deletion of the Aqp4 gene suppressed the clearance of soluble amyloid β, suggesting that this pathway may remove amyloid β from the central nervous system. Clearance through paravenous flow may also regulate extracellular levels of proteins involved with neurodegenerative conditions, its impairment perhaps contributing to the mis-accumulation of soluble proteins.
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                Journal
                Neurophotonics
                Neurophotonics
                NEUROW
                NPh
                Neurophotonics
                Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
                2329-423X
                2329-4248
                30 September 2022
                July 2022
                30 September 2022
                : 9
                : 3
                : 031901
                Affiliations
                [a ]Seattle Children’s Research Institute , Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States
                [b ]University of Washington , Department of Pediatrics, Seattle, Washington, United States
                [c ]University of Washington , Department of Bioengineering, Seattle, Washington, United States
                [d ]Boston University , Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
                Author notes
                [* ]Address all correspondence to Andy Y. Shih, Andy.Shih@ 123456seattlechildrens.org
                Article
                NPH-22-0911 22-0911
                10.1117/1.NPh.9.3.031901
                9529636
                3f50f2a0-3ebb-4cfb-98a4-f127a9beed27
                © 2022 The Authors

                Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.

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                Special Section on Imaging Neuroimmune, Neuroglial and Neurovascular Interfaces (Part II)
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