Alterations in AQP4 polarity have been observed in a variety of neurological disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, and glioma; however, we also observe that the same alterations in fluid regulation occur across all of these different diseases, but that no single upstream event accounts for the alteration in polarity. Here, AQP4 is linked to multiple sclerosis.