All biological activity in the body produces waste that needs to be removed. This is also true for the brain. Previous research has shown that mouse brains have their own cleaning system, which is called the glymphatic system. Researchers in Lund have now taken the next step and examined the cleaning system in pigs, whose anatomy and brains are very similar to humans.
This research is also the first to show that the cleaning system, which is believed to prevent disease and prolong healthy life span, also exists in the brains of larger mammals.
“Up until now, it was merely an assumption that this cleaning system exists in brains…
