Recent research suggests that the circulation of brain fluid could serve as an early indicator of dementia, even before the ...

Everything’s a little off when you haven’t had any sleep: you can’t remember where you put your cell phone, your eyes burn, ...

It turns out that when you’re running low on sleep, your brain is actually working overtime. A new MIT study shows that when ...

Researchers at Boston University, USA report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain activity. Led by Stephanie Williams, and publishing in the open access journal ...

After a night of poor sleep, you don't feel as alert as you should. Your brain might seem foggy, and your mind drifts off ...

A new study has found that people with an impaired glymphatic system, which helps the brain remove toxins and is mostly ...

Intervening in the pathways that disrupt the brain’s waste clearance system could help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease ...

Sleep deprivation reliably caused attention failures despite their obvious dangers, like the potentially fatal consequences ...

New research shows that during moments of lost focus after poor sleep, the brain releases a wave of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)—the same cleansing process that normally occurs during deep sleep.

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand ...