{"id":9366,"date":"2016-10-21T05:09:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T13:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T05:09:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T13:09:43","slug":"how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Our Brain Get Rid Of Toxins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/10\/21\/497849178\/how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\">NPR\/TED Staff<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>[embedded content]<\/div>\n<p><em>Part 4 of the<\/em> TED Radio Hour <em>episode<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=495213095&amp;live=1\">Toxic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jeff Iliff&#8217;s TED Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeffreyiliff\">Jeff Iliff<\/a> talks about his research, which explores how the brain naturally flushes out toxins during sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jeff Iliff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist Jeff Iliff is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health &amp; Science University. Iliff was a part of a University of Rochester Medical Center team that discovered a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/342\/6156\/373\">brain cleansing system<\/a>, which they dubbed the &#8220;glymphatic system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/01\/04\/460620606\/lack-of-deep-sleep-may-set-the-stage-for-alzheimers\">Lack Of Deep Sleep May Set The Stage For Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2015\/05\/12\/406137352\/short-on-sleep-you-could-be-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen\">Short On Sleep? You Could Be A Disaster Waiting To Happen<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2015\/08\/24\/432764792\/snooze-alert-a-sleep-disorder-may-be-harming-your-body-and-brain\">Snooze Alert: A Sleep Disorder May Be Harming Your Body And Brain<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/jeff_iliff\">Related TED Link: Jeff Iliff&#8217;s TED Bio<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/playlists\/1\/how_does_my_brain_work\">Related TED Playlist: How Does My Brain Work?<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep\">Related TED Talk: Russell Foster On Why Do We Sleep<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/10\/21\/497849178\/how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"How Does Our Brain Get Rid Of Toxins?\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2016\/10\/21\/497849178\/how-does-our-brain-get-rid-of-toxins?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=healthcare<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>[embedded content]<\/div>\n<p><em>Part 4 of the<\/em> TED Radio Hour <em>episode<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=495213095&amp;live=1\">Toxic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jeff Iliff&#8217;s TED Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeffreyiliff\">Jeff Iliff<\/a> talks about his research, which explores how the brain naturally flushes out toxins during sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jeff Iliff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neuroscientist Jeff Iliff is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health &amp; Science University. Iliff was a part of a University of Rochester Medical Center team that discovered a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/342\/6156\/373\">brain cleansing system<\/a>, which they dubbed the &#8220;glymphatic system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/01\/04\/460620606\/lack-of-deep-sleep-may-set-the-stage-for-alzheimers\">Lack Of Deep Sleep May Set The Stage For Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2015\/05\/12\/406137352\/short-on-sleep-you-could-be-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen\">Short On Sleep? You Could Be A Disaster Waiting To Happen<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2015\/08\/24\/432764792\/snooze-alert-a-sleep-disorder-may-be-harming-your-body-and-brain\">Snooze Alert: A Sleep Disorder May Be Harming Your Body And Brain<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/jeff_iliff\">Related TED Link: Jeff Iliff&#8217;s TED Bio<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/playlists\/1\/how_does_my_brain_work\">Related TED Playlist: How Does My Brain Work?<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep\">Related TED Talk: Russell Foster On Why Do We Sleep<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}