Andrew Huberman· PhD
The glymphatic system is so important that many people, if not all people who get TBI, are told, "Get adequate rest, you need to sleep."
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The glymphatic system is so important that many people, if not all people who get TBI, are told, "Get adequate rest, you need to sleep."
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What is very clear, however, is that during sleep and in particular, during sleep that's associated with the early stage of any kind of viral or bacterial infection, the so-called glymphatic system is much more active than it would be normally.
the system that repairs the brain the adult brain is mainly centered around this lymphatic system that we call for the brain the glymphatic system it's sort of like a sewer system that clears out the debris that surrounds neurons especially injured neurons and the glymphatic system is very active during sleep
many people if not all people who get TBI are told get adequate rest you need to sleep
Sleep activates the glymphatic system which cleans the brain of toxic metabolites and debris.