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·May 27, 2022·4 min read

On Your Back, Side, or Face-Down? How We Sleep May Trigger or Protect Our Brain From Diseases Like ALS

A new mouse study reveals our sleep position may influence the glymphatic system and could increase the risk of developing ALS or other neurodegenerative diseases.

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·March 8, 2022·3 min read

Waste Management in the Brain May Shed Light on Dementia

When cerebral amyloid angiopathy is present, the brain diverts most of the waste-removing fluid away from the glymphatic system.

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·October 27, 2021·4 min read

Initiative to Improve Sleep and Clearance of the Brain

A new study aims to assess the usefulness of a new technology that could speed up and enhance the clearing of metabolic waste via the glymphatic system as a person sleeps.

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·March 12, 2021·4 min read

The Role of Sleep in Healing Traumatic Brain Injuries

In veterans who suffered a TBI, lack of sleep was associated with enlarged perivascular spaces and an increase in post-concussive symptoms.

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·September 3, 2020·4 min read

Researchers Probe Soldier Sleep Deprivation Effects

Study reveals how sleep deprivation can greatly affect soldiers on the battlefield.

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·September 2, 2020·5 min read

Circadian Rhythms Help Guide Waste From Brain

During wakeful periods, the glymphatic system diverts cerebrospinal fluid to lymph nodes in the neck. The CSF may act as a "fluid clock" that helps initiate the body's infection-fighting capabilities during the day. Astrocytes in the suprachiasmatic nucleus may serve to control CSF through the central nervous system. Communication between astrocytes in different brain regions may optimize the glymphatic system's function as we sleep.

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·January 30, 2020·4 min read

Brain drowns in its own fluid after a stroke

Following a stroke, dysfunction in the glymphatic system causes cerebrospinal fluid to flood the brain, drowning neurons, and triggering cerebral edema.

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·February 27, 2019·4 min read

Not All Sleep is Equal When it Comes to Cleaning the Brain

Study reinforces and explains the links between sleep deprivation and neurodegenerative diseases, researchers say.

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·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Possible New Target For Preventing and Treating Alzheimer’s

Aquaporin-4 could be a potential target for preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

To make this discovery, scientists first used transgenic fat-1 mice, which express high endogenous omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the brain, to investigate the effect of omega-3 PUFAs on the clearance function of the glymphatic system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is for illustrative purposes only.

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·October 26, 2016·3 min read

Additional Benefit of Omega-3 Fatty Acids for the Clearance of Metabolites From the Brain

According to a new study, omega 3 polyunsaturates fatty acids can improve the function of the glymphatic system.

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·December 3, 2014·4 min read

TBI can Disrupt Glymphatic System and Accelerate Dementia

A new study reports TBI can disrupt the function of the glymphatic system, causing a build up of toxic proteins in the brain and accelerating neurodegeneration.