CellWell record HH-20279
Glymphatic Dysfunction in bipolar disorder: A scoping review and integrative pathophysiological framework
Zhangyan Shan; Qianyu Zhu; Shuai Wang; Yu Xia; Yuanyuan Yang; Lin Tian
2026
In plain language
A scoping review finds preliminary neuroimaging evidence that glymphatic markers are altered in bipolar disorder and correlate with illness duration, and that lithium may act partly by modulating choroid plexus circadian rhythm and aquaporin-4.
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