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BRAIN DRAIN.
- Source :
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Scientific American . Mar2016, Vol. 314 Issue 3, p44-49. 6p. 4 Color Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The authors discuss how the brain eliminates proteins and other wastes and their role in causing the cognitive problems encountered in neurodegenerative disease. They say that brain cells process their own wastes during sleep through perivascular spaces. They note that lack of sleep can contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and mental illness.
- Subjects :
- *BRAIN anatomy
*BRAIN proteins
*COGNITION disorders
*NEURODEGENERATION
*NEURAL circuitry
*SLEEP
*HEALTH
*SLEEP deprivation
*LYMPHATIC physiology
*PROTEIN metabolism
*CEREBROSPINAL fluid
*ALZHEIMER'S disease
*ANTHROPOMETRY
*BRAIN
*ENERGY metabolism
*PARKINSON'S disease
*PHYSIOLOGY
BRAIN metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 314
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 112935897
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0316-44