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title: "How Sleep Cleans Your Brain: The Glymphatic System"
description: Your brain runs a nightly waste-removal cycle during deep sleep. Here is how the glymphatic system works and what actually helps it do its job. See how.
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# How Sleep Cleans Your Brain: The Glymphatic System

> Your brain runs a nightly waste-removal cycle during deep sleep. Here is how the glymphatic system works and what actually helps it do its job. See how.

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