Sleep may trigger rhythmic power washing in the brain

https://www.sciencenews.org/article...s9kY3aJLeB2KxdExrcE2mULFoE_kbR1fR3CfvZfxBjeVE

Every 20 seconds, a wave of fresh cerebrospinal fluid rolls into the sleeping brain. These slow, rhythmic blasts, described for the first time in the Nov. 1 Science, may help explain why sleep is so important for brain health.

Studies on animals have shown that the fluid, called CSF, can wash harmful proteins, including those implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, out of the brain. The new results give heft to the idea that a similar power wash happens in sleeping people.

 

I think it's plausible that impairment of this sort of mechanism could play a role in M.E.

 

But some PWME sleep lots.

 

If the washing process doesn't work it wouldnt matter how much you sleep.

 

I wonder if it helps the spin cycle? I have issues with vertigo when I sleep or move my head too fast.

 

exactly. i sleep around 9 hours a night all the way through. i often wake up feeling 'poisoned'.

 

I watched a programme on TV about this earlier this year.

 

So, small hole in skull (1/4 inch or so), tube attached to hand pump - job done?

or 2 holes?

 

Dr Chaudry advised me to sleep not less than 10 hours.

 

You should use the delicate cycle instead.

 

When it comes to some of the BPS researchers and their allies, I think the problem is more one of an "unbalanced load."

 

It gives a whole new meaning to brainwashing

 

Think quality not quantity of sleep though

 

Quite the opposite study shows

 

"Rhythmic power washing in the brain" sounds rather dangerous.