A specialized system sends pulses of pressure through the fluids in our brain.

Her study found the glymphatic clearance was mediated by a hormone called norepinephrine and happened almost exclusively during the NREM sleep phase. But it only worked when sleep was natural. Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.

  • some_guy
    71·
    2 months ago

    Eff. I require sleeping pills. I guess I can look forward to a melted brain in old age.