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Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste (arstechnica.com)
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Her study found the glymphatic clearance was mediated by a hormone called norepinephrine and happened almost exclusively during the NREM sleep phase. But it only worked when sleep was natural. Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.

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[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (7 children)

What about alcohol?

[–] TypicalHog@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Suppresses dreams and dreams are apparently good and needed for a healthy brain.

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