The sleeping pills you take inhibit your brain’s usual cleansing and further harm your health. More than sleeping well “today”; It is important to understand the origin of sleep problems.
In the age of immediacy, “there is no time to waste”. Those who can’t sleep don’t bother to understand the origin of the problem; Yes, you want to sleep today. But it’s bad.
A new study, this Wednesday in Cellwarns of the dangers of sleeping pills. When mice were given zolpidem, a common insomnia drug, their brains failed to effectively eliminate waste during sleep.
Sleep is essential for eliminating waste from the brain. During the night, a clear liquid called cerebrospinal fluid it circulates around the brain tissues, eliminating toxins through a series of thin tubes, which are part of the glymphatic system.
“Think of this liquid like a dishwasher that your brain turns on when you’re sleeping,” he suggested. Maiken Nedergaardfrom the University of Rochester Medical Center, in New York, cited by .
In the new study, scientists found that when levels of a molecule called norepinephrine (or noradrenaline) increased, the blood vessels in the brain constricted, decreasing blood volume and allowing cerebrospinal fluid to enter the brain.
In turn, when norepinephrine levels drop, the blood vessels dilate, pushing the cerebrospinal fluid back out.
This discovery revealed that the norepinephrine plays a crucial role in cleaning waste from the brain.
Next, the researchers treated six mice with zolpidem.
Although the mice fell asleep more quickly than those treated with a placebo, the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains decreased, on average, by about 30%. In other words, their brains “weren’t cleaned very well,” Nedergaard said.
Although the study only tested zolpidem, the researchers warn that Almost all sleep medications inhibit the production of norepinephrine.
This suggests that most sleeping pills interfere with the brain’s ability to eliminate toxins – and end up doing so.
