Does Sleep Flush Wastes From the Brain?

JAMA. 2021 Jun 1;325(21):2153-2155. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.5631.

Author

Anthony L Komaroff¹

Affiliation

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 33999096
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.5631

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
Animals
Brain / metabolism
Brain / physiology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid / physiology
Glymphatic System / anatomy & histology
Glymphatic System / physiology*
Humans
Sleep / physiology*
Sleep Deprivation / complications
Sleep Deprivation / physiopathology
tau Proteins / metabolism

Substances

Amyloid beta-Peptides
tau Proteins