Maiken Nedergaard, University of Rochester Medical Center (IMAGE)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Maiken Nedergaard, University of Rochester Medical Center

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How does sleep induce the brain's restorative effects? An investigation into the flow of fluids in the space between the brain cells and their role in cleansing the brain of neurotoxic waste products won the 2014 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Vincent Sullivan

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