Research Hit: How Your Brain Flushes Out Toxins During Sleep

Andy Hab
2 min readMay 6, 2024

Your brain cells coordinate to pump fluid through your brain and flush out toxins when sleeping

I like the idea of my brain flushing out toxins during sleep!

I think we all do — it was first discovered a few years ago that the brain does indeed flush out toxins during…

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Andy Hab

Sharing fascinating, fun, and important knowledge on the brain and human behaviour - most days. And masters track athlete - still going strong!