How sleep acts as a cleaning system for the brain

Does your doctor know anything about how important sleep is to your recovery?  
Like these six:
1. Sleep Recruits Multiple Brain Areas to Help Consolidate Motor Learning 

2.  Brain may flush out toxins during sleep 

3. Sleep to protect your brain 

4. Sleeping too much or too little linked to chronic diseases 

5. Lost Sleep Leads to Lost Neurons 

6. Sleeping more than 8 hours is a risk factor for cognitive impairment in over 65s 
Like maybe you need a stroke protocol for sleep?

How sleep acts as a cleaning system for the brain

Here’s one more reason why getting a good night’s sleep is critical to your health. As neuroscientist Jeff Iliff, PhD, explains in this just released TEDMED video, the brain has a specialized waste-disposal system that’s only active when we’re slumbering. Watch the talk above to learn how this system clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts that could lead to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders. - See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/10/13/how-sleep-acts-as-a-cleaning-system-for-the-brain/#sthash.gwysCek5.dpuf

 Here’s one more reason why getting a good night’s sleep is critical to your health. As neuroscientist Jeff Iliff, PhD, explains in this just released TEDMED video, the brain has a specialized waste-disposal system that’s only active when we’re slumbering. Watch the talk above to learn how this system clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts that could lead to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders. - See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/10/13/how-sleep-acts-as-a-cleaning-system-for-the-brain/#sthash.gwysCek5.dpu

Here’s one more reason why getting a good night’s sleep is critical to your health. As neuroscientist Jeff Iliff, PhD, explains in this just released TEDMED video, the brain has a specialized waste-disposal system that’s only active when we’re slumbering. Watch the talk above to learn how this system clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts that could lead to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders. - See more at: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/10/13/how-sleep-acts-as-a-cleaning-system-for-the-brain/#sthash.gwysCek5.dpuf