Where does our 'brain waste' go? Scientists think they've figured it out and can use it to treat Alzheimer's READ MORE: Meet the Utah professor who may be on cusp of curing Alzheimer's By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:59, 26 June 2024 | Updated: 18:45, 26 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Scientists are beginning to understand how the brain flushes out waste products in order to stay healthy and fend off neurological diseases. Two teams of scientists from Washington have uncovered signs that a slow wave of electricity that pulses through the brain during sleep pushes waste products, including the protein closely associated with Alzheimer’s disease, from deep in the brain to its surface.
A vein passing through the brain then acts as a pipe to carry waste products out through the barrier that separates the brain and the rest of the body. This deposits them into the bloodstream to be filtered out by the kidneys. But if the disposal system stops working correctly, which can occur with aging, in cases of traumatic brain injury, and chronic stress, those waste products can accumulate in the brain.
It may also allow immune cells to penetrate the organ, leading to inflammation linked to degenerative brain disorders. Veins passing through the brain act as pipes ferrying waste products out through the barrier between the brain and the rest of the body and depositing them into the bloodstream to be filtered out by the kidneys The study was cond.
