By Hugo Francisco de Souza New neuroimaging research shows that when sleep-deprived people lose focus, the brain briefly ...

One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

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 ...

Recent research reveals we dip into a sleeplike state as our brains flush out waste buildup.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT study reveals how sleep deprivation causes your brain to flush itself clean while you’re awake, disrupting focus and ...

Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan report a link between deep sleep and cerebrospinal fluid, the clear liquid that surrounds and supports the brain and ...

Chronic sleep loss does more than leave people groggy the next morning. A growing body of primary neuroscience research shows that consistently cutting sleep short triggers a cascade of measurable ...

MRI image of the brain with the lateral ventricles colored in blue. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid. Researchers led by Masako Tamaki at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan ...

Daytime “wash cycles” help clear waste from the brain but cause momentary drops in attention after nights of poor sleep.

Norepinephrine-mediated slow vasomotion drives glymphatic clearance during sleep. (Nadia Alzoubi, University of Oxford/Natalie Haugland, University of Copenhagen) (CN) — Danish scientists say a ...

A good night’s sleep does more than just help you feel rested, it might literally clear your mind, according to the results of newly reported research by scientists at the University of Rochester and ...