Andrew Huberman· PhD
understand that the cerebrospinal fluid is made, it bathes your brain, and it can collect the waste products from the brain.
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understand that the cerebrospinal fluid is made, it bathes your brain, and it can collect the waste products from the brain.
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Now, you have a fluid within your brain called cerebrospinal fluid that moves within the so-called ventricles of the brain, so the spaces within the brain. And really, your whole brain is bathed in cerebrospinal fluid. Your brain is floating in this stuff, and it essentially has access to all the cells in your brain. So, as your cells make waste, it's picked up by the cerebrospinal fluid.