The Good Kind of Brainwashing
The Good Kind of Brainwashing Scientists are exploring why the glymphatic system, which helps clear waste from the brain, declines with age — and whether slowing that decline can improve aging. Share This December 10, 2020 About seven years ago, Maiken Nedergaard, a neuroscientist at New York State’s University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), and colleagues noticed a striking change in the mice they were studying. The researchers were using a microscope to spy on the animals’ brains and track the movement of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds and cushions that organ. When...
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