WASHINGTON -- A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer’s disease. “I was skeptical,” said Dr. Juan Piantino of Oregon Health & Science University, whose team reported the findings Monday. Cerebrospinal fluid uses channels surrounding blood vessels to get deep into tissue and move waste until it exits the brain. It’s a small but potentially important study that Rochester’s Dr. Maiken Nedergaard predicted will increase interest in how brain waste clearance connects to people’s health. Additional larger studies in healthy people are needed and Piantino, whose lab focuses on sleep health, wants to find an easier, more noninvasive test.

Source: ABC News October 08, 2024 19:52 UTC