The brain’s built-in clearance system, called the glymphatic system, removes toxins from the brain through the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) via minuscule channels that trace blood vessels.

While we’re asleep at night, our brain is busy doing maintenance. The glymphatic system–the brain’s waste disposal mechanism–flushes away excess cerebrospinal fluid containing harmful proteins that ...

Abnormal clumps of proteins like α-synuclein, amyloid beta and tau are associated with neurodegenerative conditions like ...

A new study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona shows that wasteosomes —structures that act as containers for brain waste products— indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sleep is a vital, non-waking function of the body that impacts the glymphatic system. Failure of the glymphatic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Glymphatic clearance may be a reliable marker of longitudinal cognitive and motor decline in Parkinson’s. The ...

Bacterial meningitis is a life-threatening infectious disease of the brain that leaves many survivors with long-lasting neurological impairments. A study in rats by researchers at Karolinska ...

A new study led by researchers from the University of Barcelona shows that wasteosomes - structures that act as containers for brain waste products - indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a ...

Medical News Today looks at three key studies and their key findings that highlight and further confirm the connection between how poor sleep increases dementia risk.

You can see it coming in right there, that little spot,” says neuroscientist and engineer Laura Lewis. A remarkably bright pulsing dot has appeared on the monitor in front of us. We are watching, in ...

A new study shows that wasteosomes -- structures that act as containers for brain waste products -- indicate a malfunction of the glymphatic system, a recently discovered system that is an important ...