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The brain's waste clearing lymphatic system shown in people for first time
A study in five volunteers undergoing surgery confirmed the existence of channels that may help drain waste from the brain.
In a new study, funded in part by NIH, researchers led by Dr. Juan Piantino from Oregon Health & Science University recruited five volunteers who needed surgery to remove a brain tumor. “This shows that cerebrospinal fluid doesn’t just get into the brain randomly, as if you put a sponge in a bucket of water,” Piantino says. These new results support the importance of efforts to boost or repair the glymphatic system, such as improving sleep quality for people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
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