All of this motion has subtle but dramatic effects on the sleeping brain that the researchers are only beginning to ...

Lytle ND, MPH, CNS  Abstract Why optimizing glymphatic drainage is essential for cognitive resilience, detoxification, and ...

Functional near‑infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) enables noninvasive monitoring of brain activity by measuring changes in blood ...

Researchers developed a fast, non-invasive MRI technique to measure brain fluid movement during sleep. They found that sleep ...

How does the brain clean itself during sleep? A new ultrafast MRI method tracks cerebrospinal fluid flow without contrast ...

New neuroimaging research shows that when sleep-deprived people lose focus, the brain briefly shifts toward sleep-like physiology, offering fresh insight into why cognitive performance declines ...

This is a well-executed intrathecal MRI tracer study that provides valuable early in vivo evidence for CSF drainage into human skull bone marrow and explores clinically relevant associations using ...

A single sleepless night can leave one feeling foggy, slow to react, and dangerously prone to mistakes. Anyone who has struggled through an early morning commute after little or no sleep knows the ...

Abnormal clumps of proteins like α-synuclein, amyloid beta and tau are associated with neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, but a waste removal mechanism called the ...

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial housekeeping. Nearly everyone has experienced it—after a night of poor sleep, your ...