Meningeal Lymphatics in Autism - at least two possibly relevant dysfunctions
I am always surprised how popular some posts with complicated titles are on this blog. Meningeal lymphatics in Bart Simpson speak would be “brain plumbing”. Today we discover that:- · Immune cells can enter the brain by climbing up the brain’s plumbing pipes, entering originally via lymph nodes outside the brain · Those same plumbing pipes get blocked and waste is not free flowing out of the brain. The blockage may be at a brain-draining lymph node. Today’s post follows up some research that I think Tyler highlighted a long time ago, about the recent discovery that the brain has its own lymphatic system. Human Lymphatic System before 2015 Human Lymphatic System after 2015 Missing link found between brain, immune system In a stunning discovery th...