r/science PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience 13d ago

Neuroscience Boosting brain’s waste removal system improves memory in old mice | Researchers found that rejuvenating the lymphatic vessels in the brain enhanced recognition memory and restored synaptic function through an interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathway.

https://medicine.washu.edu/news/boosting-brains-waste-removal-system-improves-memory-in-old-mice/
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u/EuphoricTravel1790 13d ago

Science writers of the world, I beseech you that when writing a lay article about peer reviewed research, the first thing should be a link to pubmed or the host journal.

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u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience 13d ago

I know! This is my pet peeve as well!