Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
352-03-003 / 352-03-003 ISMRM Abstract

Multimodal Evidence of Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Insomnia

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Ruisi Wang 1, Kun Wang2, Qiwei Guo1,3, Chentat Leong4, Jingzhe Zeng4, Dinwen Hu2, Jason Ellis5, Shijun Qiu6,7,8, Andriy Myachykov1
1centre for cognitive and brain science, university of macau, macao, Macau
2Guangzhou university of chinese medicine, Guangzhou, China
3university of macau, macao, Macau
4Faculty of health science, university of macau, macao, Macau
5Centre for Sleep Research, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom
6The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
7State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, guangzhou, China
8Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Ruisi Wang

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