SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 1, 2026Nautilus

How Sleep Cleans the Brain

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During sleep, cerebrospinal fluid cleans brain waste through rhythmic pulsations. Finnish researchers using ultrafast MRI found that respiratory and blood vessel pulsations increase while cardiac pulsations decrease during this process.

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