How Does Your Brain Clean Itself?

Your body is constantly cleaning itself and destroying strange things that wander in. But the brain isn't connected to that cleaning service. So how does your brain take out the trash? And what’s that got to do with Alzheimer’s Disease? Turns out, scientists made an incredible new discovery this year. They discovered the glymphatic system - your brain’s garbage disposal! Sources: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/scientists-somehow-just-discovered-a-new-system-of-vessels-in-our-brains/542037/ https://elifesciences.org/articles/29738 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14432.epdf?referrer_access_token=X6_xBcunxfeQOPos6k5MeNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PP9svrp_06Oir1YyDWe7ejnTFK5JviW5E2HUfbn5_v99cuGHjh51vYeXFBQRB3VtIQFw7NiNKv4nMtpzDHviaEGWpkAEgw-f9l8wHfqjgOC3d0AY1Av-499sS4_uPqrfEFGfYpYpEnWV7rzV7AP_Lr6KTBWYGmdl7YOVBGGF7Q0l9o8EieldZT9vtyLQZXSM2_3pCf917r-In93Nio2aAXj-A2qfH9sr9nSToyMk7_tXdLlW0eE4BwaJWjdh9sgks3gV8W9wish_G_PXTXE9tW&tracking_referrer=www.theatlantic.com https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880190/ https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/new-brain-cleaning-system-discovered https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/3584/scientists-discover-previously-unknown-cleansing-system-in-brain.aspx Check out how the video was made on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/neurotransmissions HUGE thanks to our Patreon supporters, particularly to Ryan M. Shaver and Carrie McKenzie - our Patreon Producers. Thanks you two! Also, big shoutout to our newest patrons, PlayTheMind and Eric Earley! Neuro Transmissions is a channel on a mission to bring neuroscience to everyone. It's not rocket surgery, it's brain science! Learn all sorts of fun and interesting things with Alie Astrocyte and Micah Psych every other Sunday by subscribing to the channel. Have a topic you want covered? Let us know in the comments. Share, like, and subscribe for more videos to come! Over and out. Neuro Transmissions is on the other social medias too: https://www.facebook.com/neurotransmissions https://www.twitter.com/neuroyoutube https://www.instagram.com/neurotransmissions http://www.neurotransmissions.science https://www.reddit.com/u/neuroyoutube/ Snapchat - @neuroyoutube Vector images from freepik.com “In The Mist” by Trackmanbeatz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Artist: www.trackmanbeatz.com The following images and video were used for educational purposes and fall under fair use laws: https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/10/13/jeffiliff_2014p_embed_wide-3defbaf512a5ba6b0b859828ee334abaa7d36735.jpg?s=1400 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9pLi8QIYAEC3Wh.jpg:large http://www.fmi.ch/news/releases/articles/docs/oertner.090907/neuron.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Blood_vessels-MIP.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blood_vessels-3D_rendering.jpg/1280px-Blood_vessels-3D_rendering.jpg http://assets3.bigthink.com/system/tinymce_assets/6778/original/scan.gif?1507837868 https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/mt/2017/10/Brain_Lymph_Release_Image/lead_960.jpg?1507380649 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/ba/37/85ba37d5dd1e57a7f029b8e08bde7776.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Paolo_Mascagni.jpg All other content is original and/or owned by Neuro Transmissions.