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Just to clarify -- we already knew about the washing, right? But this refers to the specific mechanism where the blood vessels contract to cause the washing?
by jerbearito 2y ago
Just to clarify -- we already knew about the washing, right? But this refers to the specific mechanism where the blood vessels contract to cause the washing?
- iandanforth 2y agoAnd more specifically that norepinephrine waves are highly correlated with and perhaps causative of that pumping.
- bityard 2y agoYes. And to further qualify the conclusion, the research was done in mice so it's premature to say whether or not human brains operate identically. (Mammalian anatomy between species is often similar, but just as often is found to be different in unexpected ways.)
- adsteel_ 2y agoI'd like to learn more about the washing. Do you have a link or word/phrase to Google?
- FuriouslyAdrift 2y agoThe glymphatic system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glymphatic_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glymphatic_system