The glymphatic system operates by allowing cerebrospinal fluid to flow into spaces around arteries, passing through aquaporin-4 (AQP4) water channels into brain tissues to mix with metabolic waste, and then moving out of brain tissues into the space surrounding veins for clearance through the lymphatic or circulatory system.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Yale School of Medicine
  Sleep's Crucial Role in Preserving Memory | Yale School of Medicine

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• Sleep's Crucial Role in Preserving Memory | Yale School of Medicine medicine.yale.edu Yale School of Medicine via serper

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• lymphatic system concept
• arteries concept
• veins concept
• glymphatic system concept
• cerebrospinal fluid concept