<story><title>Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice</title><url>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816616</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moffkalast</author><text>I wonder if eventually once this is more thoroughly researched there could be a way to induce constant cleaning instead of having to do it while unconscious at night? Or at least reduce the hours required. If we could solve this we could just stay awake perpetually and instantly gain a 30% longer lifespan as it were.</text></item><item><author>robg</author><text>If you have any doubts about sleep quantity and quality, worth reading about the glymphatic nervous system, which is so newly discovered likely you didn’t learn about it in school.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC4636982&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC4636982&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In short it explains, mechanistically, why poor sleep affects daily cognition, mental health, and age-related declines. Robust scientific theories explain more of the evidence. The glymphatic nervous system explains why sleep is so key to surviving and thriving. Maiken Nedergaard will end up winning the Nobel for its discovery.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Terr_</author><text>If there is any magic bullet, it&amp;#x27;ll be something biological evolution can&amp;#x27;t easily jump-to or stumble-upon. Otherwise I think it would have happened already, given the risks of sleep and the rewards of an expanded activity (or at least awareness) cycle.</text></comment>
<story><title>Brain waves appear to wash out waste during sleep in mice</title><url>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816616</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>moffkalast</author><text>I wonder if eventually once this is more thoroughly researched there could be a way to induce constant cleaning instead of having to do it while unconscious at night? Or at least reduce the hours required. If we could solve this we could just stay awake perpetually and instantly gain a 30% longer lifespan as it were.</text></item><item><author>robg</author><text>If you have any doubts about sleep quantity and quality, worth reading about the glymphatic nervous system, which is so newly discovered likely you didn’t learn about it in school.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC4636982&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;pmc&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;PMC4636982&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In short it explains, mechanistically, why poor sleep affects daily cognition, mental health, and age-related declines. Robust scientific theories explain more of the evidence. The glymphatic nervous system explains why sleep is so key to surviving and thriving. Maiken Nedergaard will end up winning the Nobel for its discovery.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>someplaceguy</author><text>&amp;gt; I wonder if eventually once this is more thoroughly researched there could be a way to induce constant cleaning instead of having to do it while unconscious at night?&lt;p&gt;Hopefully without having to induce those brainwaves, otherwise you might be able to do it during the day but you wouldn&amp;#x27;t exactly be conscious. But there&amp;#x27;s also the question of whether those brainwaves are doing more than just cleaning the brain.&lt;p&gt;I think some types of learning and memory formation also happen during sleep, right?</text></comment>