MastKalandar@feddit.online to Half Baked Questions Hub@crazypeople.onlineEnglish · 2 months agoIf it's important to wash our body, wash our hair, why isn't it equally important to wash our brain ?message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down13
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareIf it's important to wash our body, wash our hair, why isn't it equally important to wash our brain ?MastKalandar@feddit.online to Half Baked Questions Hub@crazypeople.onlineEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months agoI’ve read theory that posits that when we sleep, waves of cerebrospinal fluid wash over the brain, removing waste. Edit: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-how-brain-washes-itself-during-sleep
minus-squareTheracAriane@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoNever knew about that. Thanks for sharing.
minus-squareSarah Valentine (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNow that I’m home and can use my desktop PC, I looked it up to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass. Edited my above comment with a link!
I’ve read theory that posits that when we sleep, waves of cerebrospinal fluid wash over the brain, removing waste.
Edit: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-how-brain-washes-itself-during-sleep
Never knew about that. Thanks for sharing.
Now that I’m home and can use my desktop PC, I looked it up to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass. Edited my above comment with a link!