NeuroscienceMarch 1, 2016
The Brain's Waste-Disposal System May Be Enlisted to Treat Alzheimer's and Other Brain Illnesses
An internal plumbing system rids the brain of toxic wastes. Sleep is when this cleanup ritual occurs
Stories by Maiken Nedergaard
Maiken Nedergaard studies brain cells called glia at the University of Rochester Medical Center and the University of Copenhagen. In particular, her research focuses on astrocytes, a type of glial cell implicated in a number of neurological disorders.