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The interplay between chronobiology, neuroinflammation, and the glymphatic system in neurodegenerative diseases

Aug 2026 · Molecular Biology Reports · Vol 53 · 0 citations · 58 references
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This conceptual review examines the highly interconnected, bidirectional crosstalk between the molecular circadian clock, glial-mediated neuroimmunity, and the macroscopic glymphatic clearance system and suggests that neurodegeneration can also be viewed as neurodegeneration as a network-wide collapse of biological timing in addition to a localized cellular failure.

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