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Study Finds Sleep May Not Flush Toxins From The Brain After All


A new brain imaging study in mice suggests that sleep may not help flush out the brain of toxins and everyday waste products, challenging what scientists have called a 'Nobel-prize winning idea' of neuroscience.

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