Salon.com > Huntington's Disease http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 11:51:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Our self-cleansing brain http://www.salon.com/2012/08/16/brains_drain_neuroscientists_discover_cranial_cleansing_system_salpart/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/16/brains_drain_neuroscientists_discover_cranial_cleansing_system_salpart/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12984307 The brain can be a messy place. Thankfully, it has good plumbing: Scientists have just discovered a cleansing river inside the brain, a fluid stream that might be enlisted to flush away the buildup of proteins associated with Alzheimer's, Huntington's and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Scientific American The researchers, based at the University of Rochester (U.R.), University of Oslo and Stony Brook University, describe this new system in the journal Science Translational Medicine today. The study adds to the evidence that the star-shaped cells called astrocytes play a leading role in keeping the nervous system in good working order.

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