The brain's waste-removal process is "like turning on the dishwasher," a neurologist says, but common sleep medications may ...

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Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.

Vacation mode is that sluggish or foggy state, where it seems to take longer to process things or to pay attention.

Each night, our brains execute a "wash and rinse" routine that clears away harmful protein waste linked to neurodegenerative ...

A team of UVM scientists led by University Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mark Nelson, Ph.D., from the ...

Researchers reveal norepinephrine’s critical role in the brain’s glymphatic system during deep sleep. Small pulses create ...

A common sleep medication prevents mice from effectively clearing away waste and toxins from their brain during sleep ...

Their observations revealed that norepinephrine levels in the brain fluctuate about every 50 seconds during non-REM sleep.

In other cases, a blood vessel can rupture and bleed into the brain (haemorrhagic stroke). In both types of stroke, deprived of oxygen from the loss of blood flow, millions of brain cells rapidly die ...