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.

    • DaCrazyJamez
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      11 days ago

      Im pretty sure cat food and spray paint shut down m9re than just the NREM cycle in the brain…