Brains Flush Out Toxins During Sleep?
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 16:40
in Biology & Nature
A study in mice has found that the space between brain cells may increase during sleep, allowing the brain to flush out toxins that build up during waking hours. Get a good night's sleep - it may literally clear your mind. For centuries, scientists and philosophers alike have wondered why people sleep and how it affects the brain. It has been determined that sleep is important for storing memories and the researchers in the new paper found that sleep may be also be the period when the brain cleanses itself of toxic molecules. read more