Sleep Empties the Brain's Dumpster (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Studies in mice indicate that sleep's critical function is to allow metabolic waste products to be cleared from the brain, which apparently cannot occur during waking hours, researchers said.

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Source: MedPage Today Pulmonary - October 18, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news