Popular Sleeping Pill May Block the Brain’s Essential Cleaning Cycle
Credit: DepositphotosDuring sleep, the brain performs a "wash and rinse" routine to clear out harmful proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. However, new research has revealed that a widely used sleep aid might interfere with this critical process.In 2012, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) identified a unique...