Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain
Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 1, 20195m 50s
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Show Notes
Laura Lewis and her team of researchers have been putting in late nights in their Boston University lab. Lewis ran tests until around three in the morning, then ended up sleeping in the next day. It was like she had jet lag, she says, without changing time zones. It’s not that Lewis doesn’t appreciate the merits of a good night’s sleep. She does. But when you’re trying to map what’s happening in a slumbering human’s brain, you end up making some sacrifices.
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