D-PAULM, a noninvasive imaging technique, tracked the brain’s glymphatic system and blood flow in real time, potentially ...

(Daisy-Daisy/iStock/Getty Images) Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates ...

The brain runs its own plumbing system. In people with chronic fatigue syndrome, that system may not be clearing waste as ...

The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that's thought to be more active when we sleep. There is still some debate about how this glymphatic system works in humans, ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a technique to noninvasively visualize the brain's waste-removal system in unprecedented detail. This new imaging approach allows researchers to ...

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 ...

A new study describes a gene therapy strategy that uses the brain's own glymphatic transport system to distribute engineered viral vectors throughout the brain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Certain medications can interfere with with normal sleep architecture. (Credit: robert reader/Moment via Getty Images) While we’re ...

Our bodies rely on their lymphatic system to drain excessive fluids and remove waste from tissues, feeding those back into the blood stream. It’s a complex yet efficient cleaning mechanism that works ...

Drugs that boost our brain’s waste-disposal system so it can better remove proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease have been identified for the first time. The combination of a therapy that is ...

Under the glow of the arena lights, the two combatants square off. For professional fighters, such as boxers and mixed martial artists, traumatic brain injuries are an occupational hazard. But ...