• Sleep is something like a soft reboot

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 16 11:30:18 2024
    Sleeping more flushes junk out of the brain

    Rhythmic activity during sleep may get fluids in the brain moving.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/sleeping-more-flushes-junk-out-of-the-brain/

    Neuronal dynamics direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain
    clearance

    Nature, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07108-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07108-6.epdf

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Apr 17 11:33:46 2024
    On Tue, 16 Apr 2024, JAB wrote:

    Sleeping more flushes junk out of the brain

    Rhythmic activity during sleep may get fluids in the brain moving.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/sleeping-more-flushes-junk-out-of-the-brain/

    Neuronal dynamics direct cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain
    clearance

    Nature, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07108-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07108-6.epdf


    I feel as if I've been reading the same thing about sleep for decades. But perhaps I'm folling myself, and what I read decades ago were theories and
    what I read now are those theories being confirmed.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Wed Apr 17 07:20:05 2024
    On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:33:46 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:


    I feel as if I've been reading the same thing about sleep for decades

    Well yes,
    "no rest for the wicked,
    is recorded in a 1574 translation of a sermon of John Calvin."

    Jan 17, 2018 -- Trump's White House doctor said the president may get
    around four to five hours of sleep every night.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Apr 17 23:06:48 2024
    On Wed, 17 Apr 2024, JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:33:46 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:


    I feel as if I've been reading the same thing about sleep for decades

    Well yes,
    "no rest for the wicked,
    is recorded in a 1574 translation of a sermon of John Calvin."

    Jan 17, 2018 -- Trump's White House doctor said the president may get
    around four to five hours of sleep every night.


    Trump is a ninja! Imagine you and me with only 4 to 5 per night? I
    definitely have to vote Trump! ;)

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