Your core muscles might help pump fluid around your brain that flushes out waste, kind of like a built-in cleaning system.
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Your core muscles might help pump fluid around your brain that flushes out waste, kind of like a built-in cleaning system.
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The abdominal muscles generate mechanical forces that drive cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, which are involved in the clearance of metabolic waste from the brain.
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2 studies
Study: Basic Science and Pathogenesis.
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