Columbia scientists have found that boosting the performance of a self-cleansing system in the brain helps flush amyloid and tau toxins from the brains of mice and improves the animals' cognition.

Planning your day, deciding what’s for dinner, coping with the stress of childcare, work or social engagements, negotiating a ...

When you fall asleep, your brain doesn’t just switch off. As the cognitive lights go out, housekeeping begins. Along the ...

If the brain's plumbing doesn't work properly, research shows, cellular garbage accumulates, and a cleaner brain may be a ...

When you get a good night’s sleep, you aren’t just giving your brain a chance to rest. Sleep activates a system only discovered in 2012 that washes out brain waste. Called the glymphatic system, it’s ...

For many people, Alzheimer’s disease casts an increasingly large shadow as mental fog, forgotten names, or slower thinking appear with age. However, our brains are not helpless. They have their own ...

You probably don’t need that detox drink, tonic or supplement. Experts regularly emphasize that there’s no need to flush yourself “clean” because the body has its own detoxification systems, and one ...

Once thought not to exist, the lymphatic system of our central nervous system is referred to as the glymphatic system and is made up of water channels, pores, and other clearance pathways. It is ...