Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-141
Dr. Jeffery Iliff is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on neurodegeneration and traumatic brain injury. He is the associate director of research at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and a co-leader for research at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
In this episode, we talk about his investigations into the glymphatic system, a newly discovered brain-wide network of perivascular spaces that facilitates the clearance of waste products from the brain during sleep. Iliff describes exploring how the glymphatic system fails in the aging brain as well as in younger brains after traumatic brain injury.
Iliff and co-host Dawn Kernagis talk about their research on how extreme stressors impact the glymphatic system and a potential approach to optimizing glymphatic clearance for people with acute or chronic sleep deprivation.
Full shownotes: ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-141
Dr. Jeffery Iliff is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on neurodegeneration and traumatic brain injury. He is the associate director of research at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and a co-leader for research at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
In this episode, we talk about his investigations into the glymphatic system, a newly discovered brain-wide network of perivascular spaces that facilitates the clearance of waste products from the brain during sleep. Iliff describes exploring how the glymphatic system fails in the aging brain as well as in younger brains after traumatic brain injury.
Iliff and co-host Dawn Kernagis talk about their research on how extreme stressors impact the glymphatic system and a potential approach to optimizing glymphatic clearance for people with acute or chronic sleep deprivation.
