Why Your Brain Drifts After a Bad Night’s Sleep, Scientists Explain

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say short lapses in attention after poor sleep owe to sudden ...
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Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working

Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day. Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...
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What happens in brain during sleep deprivation? New study reveals details

The study explains that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which normally moves during sleep to clear waste products accumulated in ...
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Your brain does something surprising when you don’t sleep

When you’re short on sleep and your focus suddenly drifts, your brain may be briefly slipping into cleanup mode. Scientists ...
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Billy Joel has excess fluid in his brain – a neurologist explains what happens when this protective liquid gets out of balance

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billy Joel was diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...
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Secrets of the sleep-deprived brain

If you find it hard to focus after a wakeful night, it’s because your brain is busy trying to catch up on crucial housekeeping.

What really happens to your brain when you don’t sleep? It is worse than you think

Brain's nightly cleaning cycle, crucial for clearing waste like beta-amyloid, falters with sleep loss. This disruption ...
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Billy Joel has excess fluid in his brain – a neurologist explains what happens when this protective liquid gets out of balance

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Danielle Wilhour, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (THE CONVERSATION) ...