r/visualsnow • u/French51 • Oct 09 '24

Research Brain’s waste-clearance pathways revealed for the first time. Wastes include proteins such as amyloid and tau, which have been shown to form clumps and tangles in brain images of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

https://news.ohsu.edu/2024/10/07/brains-waste-clearance-pathways-revealed-for-the-first-time
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u/Aware-Look8724 Oct 09 '24

Great article

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u/French51 Oct 09 '24

I thought it would be interesting to share, considering how some people believe vss is an inability for the brain to filter out things, maybe those things are the “clumps and tangles”, who knows!