After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately ...
Memories and learning processes are based on changes in the brain's neuronal connections, and as a result, in signal ...
We have only just started to understand how our brains clean themselves, but columnist Helen Thomson finds promising evidence ...
The brain has its own waste disposal system – known as the glymphatic system – that’s thought to be more active when we sleep. But disrupted sleep might hinder this waste disposal system and slow the ...
The research team traced the CSF drainage pathways from the anterior and middle parts of the brain. Using genetically ...
eMultiple Sclerosis Centre and Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience (RC2NB), Departments of Biomedicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital and University of Basel, ...
We know that a bad night’s sleep can leave us groggy, grumpy and unable to focus, which can affect our judgment and productivity. It turns out that restlessness fueled by a few poor habits can also ...
Introduction: The glymphatic system ensures the clearance of toxic byproducts of cerebral metabolism and relies on the movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the perivascular and interstitial ...
Maybe you know you snore like a bear, but you don’t feel much urgency to look into it. Or maybe you have been told to wear a continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine for sleep apnea, but ...
Good sleep patterns are vital as the brain flushes toxins while asleep Getty A study found that poor sleep can negatively impact how well the glymphatic system works The system works by collecting ...
A major international study has uncovered a new biological clue that could help predict dementia long before memory problems arise. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Zhejiang University ...