Getting enough deep sleep might be the key to . In a series of recent experiments on mice, researchers discovered that deep sleep helps the brain clear out potentially toxic waste. The discovery reinforces how critical quality sleep is for brain health and suggests sleep therapies might curb the advance of memory-robbing ailments, like .
“Alzheimer’s disease is a major problem for the patients, their families and society,” said Maiken Nedergaard, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, who led the new research. “Understanding how sleep can improve clearance of amyloid could have major impact on treatment.”
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Cerebrospinal fluid churns through a system of brain tunnels piped in the spaces between brain cells and blood vessels. Scientists call it the glymphatic system. This system circulates nutrients like glucose, the brain’s primary energy source, and washes away potentially toxic waste.
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