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You don't know what effect this has. Why do you want to maximise it?

• guerrilla 5y ago
  Only if they didn't read the article, which explains "Earlier studies have suggested that CSF flow and slow wave activity both help flush toxic, memory-impairing proteins from the brain." and more.
  • nlitened 5y ago
    Studies may have suggested something, does not mean they have proven that same thing. Also, "toxic memory impairing proteins" is some kind of hand-wavy journalistic clickbait and not actual science.
    • guerrilla 5y ago
      > proven Studies don't "prove" things. "toxic memory impairing proteins" is literally what they are. They impair memory and when they accumulate, they are toxic. There's nothing hand-wavy about it. These words have meaning.
      • ninesnines 5y ago
        Hello! Exactly! However, there has been also a lot of research that has built upon this 2019 paper -- here is a nice review article that touches on what we now know about changes in CSF and how that is coupled with neurodegenerative diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101572 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101572