Cleaning up the aging brain: Scientists restore brain's trash disposal system

If we combine this research with the anti-aging research of Dr. David Sinclair, mice will soon overtake humans in both intelligence and lifespan. Thus making “the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy” reality

This mechanism sounds like it could have a strong nootropic effect for everyone not having totally ideal sleep. Whenever I sleep badly, or not long enough for some days in a row, my cognitive performance deteriorates rather quickly. Supposedly, the glymphatic system‘s work has a major role to play in this.<p>Melatonin also has been found to have a stimulating effect on the glymphatic system, though we need better trials on that.

Are there non drug methods which could restore or assist lymph pumping functions in the head-neck region? Should we all be doing some kind of rotation&#x2F;lift&#x2F;squeeze cycle on our cervical spine region?

This study in aging adults measured amyloid in blood with phase-targeted auditory stimulation, the technology we&#x27;ve been developing at affectablesleep.com - it&#x27;s not exactly the same as measuring the glymphatic process, but might be related.

<i>&quot;Unlike the cardiovascular system which has one big pump, the heart, fluid in the lymphatic system is instead transported by a network of tiny pumps,&quot;</i><p>Not entirely accurate.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25427090">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25427090</a>

Wonder if dexamethasone has similar effect - felt much younger when it was prescribed to me for brain swelling.

would explain why head massages are feeling extatic, external massage of those lymphangions maybe?

<i>In mice</i>